Ashton West tram stop

Ashton West
Metrolink
Ashton West tram stop, on day of opening.
Ashton West Location of Ashton West in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Ashton-under-Lyne
Local authority	Tameside
Coordinates	53°29′25″N 2°06′33″W / 53.4903°N 2.1092°W / 53.4903; -2.1092Coordinates: 53°29′25″N 2°06′33″W / 53.4903°N 2.1092°W / 53.4903; -2.1092
Grid reference	SJ928993
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	N
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	9 October 2013
East Manchester Line to Bury  and Eccles  Manchester Piccadilly  New Islington Holt Town River Medlock Etihad Campus Velopark Ashton Canal Clayton Hall Edge Lane Cemetery Road Droylsden Audenshaw Ashton Moss   Ashton West   Ashton-under-Lyne

East Manchester Line

Ashton West is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located on Lord Sheldon Way near the Ashton Moss leisure complex, in western Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England. The stop opened on 9 October 2013, ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

A M5000 tram having just left Ashton West

Ashton West tram station at twilight, in the direction of Ashton-under-Lyne in October 2016.