Village tram stop

{{Infobox station

| style = Manchester Metrolink

| name = Village

| type = Metrolink station

| image = Trafford Park, Village Tram Stop.jpg

| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Trafford Park|Trafford}}

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.46741|-2.30914|type:railwaystation_region:GB-TRF|display=inline,title}}

| line = Trafford Park Line

| status = In operation

| zone = 2

| years = 22 March 2020

| events = Opened

| platforms = 2

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Village is a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink's Trafford Park Line. It is located adjacent to Village Way and is close to the Village Circle roundabout, its namesake.{{cite web| url = http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/Consultations/Metrolink-Trafford-Park-Line/Pages/Trafford-Park-central-area.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130205/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/Consultations/Metrolink-Trafford-Park-Line/Pages/Trafford-Park-central-area.aspx| archive-date = 2014-07-14| title = Pages - Trafford Park central area}} It opened on 22 March 2020.{{cite news |title=Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m tramline opening date revealed |work=BBC News |date=9 March 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-51801265 |access-date=10 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/metrolinks-trafford-park-line-to-open-as-planned-at-weekend/|title=Metrolink's Trafford Park line to open as planned at weekend|date=20 March 2020|work=Place North West}}

It was the least used stop on the Trafford Park Line in the 2021/22 financial year.

History

Some of the tram tracks around Village run very close to the alignments of the now derelict Trafford Park Railway.

= Pre-opening =

In 2013, the GMCA and the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership announced that it may fund the construction of the Trafford Park Line as far as The Trafford Centre, estimating that the line could be open to passengers by 2018/19, subject to a satisfactory business case, Transport and Works Act Order and public consultation.{{cite web |author=Greater Manchester Combined Authority |date=26 July 2013 |title=Report for Resolution: Earnback Model, SEMMMS and Metrolink Trafford Park Extension |url=http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/item_5_earnback_model_semmms.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215512/http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/item_5_earnback_model_semmms.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Association of Greater Manchester Authorities}}

= Opening =

The stop opened to passengers on 22 March 2020, and the first passenger service tram (3073) stopped at Village just before 06:43.{{Cite web |last=Prior |first=Gareth |title=In Pictures: Metrolink's Trafford Park line opens {{!}} British Trams Online News |url=http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=33113 |access-date=2024-05-26 |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5ZVny8KeY |title=Metrolink Driver's Eye View - Trafford Park Line - Cornbrook to intu Trafford Centre |date=2020-03-22 |last=GM Trainspotting |access-date=2024-05-26 |via=YouTube}}

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Some routes (not shown here) only run during peak times.

From this stop, services run to Castlefield in Manchester city centre in one direction and to The Trafford Centre in the other.

{{Adjacent stations

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|line1=The Trafford Centre – Deansgate-Castlefield|left1=Parkway|right1=Imperial War Museum

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Transport connections

= Bus =

There are no bus stops directly serving Village tram stop, but it is served closest by bus route X50 (Worsley–Piccadilly Gardens). Also close by is route 18 (Eccles–Manchester Airport)

= Train =

This tram stop is not connected to any railway stations, but the nearest one is Trafford Park, approximately one mile away walking.

References

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2020

Category:Tram stops in Trafford

Category:Tram stops on the Trafford Centre – Deansgate route