Cornbrook Metrolink station

Cornbrook
Metrolink
A M5000 at Cornbrook tram stop in January 2017.
Cornbrook Location of Cornbrook in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	St George's
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′12″N 2°16′03″W / 53.4700°N 2.2675°W / 53.4700; -2.2675Coordinates: 53°28′12″N 2°16′03″W / 53.4700°N 2.2675°W / 53.4700; -2.2675
Grid reference	SJ823971
Platforms	2 (island)
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	E
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	6 December 1999 (For interchange only) 3 September 2005 (For entry and exit)
Altrincham Line to Bury and Etihad Campus Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook to Eccles and MediaCityUK Manchester-Liverpool Line Trafford Bar to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport Old Trafford Stretford River Mersey Dane Road Sale Brooklands Timperley Navigation Road Altrincham

Altrincham Line

Cornbrook tram stop is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system in the St George's area of Manchester. It is an interchange station, allowing passenger transfer between the network's Altrincham, Eccles, Airport and South Manchester lines. The station opened on 6 December 1999 for line transfers and allowed street-level entry and exit to the public from 3 September 2005. It takes its name from Cornbrook Road, between the A56 and Pomona Docks on the Manchester Ship Canal, and was built on what was a Cheshire Lines Committee route to Manchester Central railway station. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.

The stop opened with the Eccles extension on 6 December 1999 with two through platforms and a Manchester facing bay platform for terminating trams. Cornbrook was unique when opened as there was no access to/from the street, the stop being used for transfer between Bury-Altrincham line trams and Eccles Line trams. This was due to security issues and a low estimated usage.

Because of a rise in the local population due to new residential developments, particularly on Ellesmere Street, the stop's emergency exit staircase to the street was converted into a full passenger entrance/exit, which opened on 3 September 2005. There are plans to relocate the entrance as part of the "Cornbrook Hub" redevelopment.