Old Trafford tram stop
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A M5000 breaks the stream of football fans at Old Trafford tram stop. Jan 2017.
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 Old Trafford
Location of Old Trafford in Greater Manchester
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| Location | |
| Place | Old Trafford |
| Local authority | Trafford |
| Coordinates | 53°27′23″N 2°17′05″W / 53.4563°N 2.2848°WCoordinates: 53°27′23″N 2°17′05″W / 53.4563°N 2.2848°W |
| Grid reference | SJ812956 |
| Platforms | 2 |
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| Metrolink Zone | E |
| Present status | In operation |
| Operations | |
| Original operator | MSJAR |
| Pre-grouping company | MSJAR |
| Post-grouping company | MSJAR London Midland Region of British Railways |
| History | |
| Opened | 5 May 1857 |
| Closed as rail station | 24 December 1991 |
| Conversion to Metrolink operation | 15 June 1992 |
| Former name | 1862: Cricket Ground 1887: Cricket Ground (Old Trafford) 1910: Cricket and Football Grounds 1931: Warwick Road or Warwick Road (Old Trafford) |
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Old Trafford is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in the Old Trafford area of Stretford, besides Warwick Road and Elsinore Road. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. The station is regularly used by crowds for access to Old Trafford Football Ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground which are located nearby.
A station, situated just to the north of the present station, was opened by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) in May 1857. It was known as Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, being built to serve the exhibition of that name, which was open between 5 May 1857 and 17 October 1857. The station closed in October 1857. It was adapted and reopened as Old Trafford Cricket Ground in 1862 for use every year thereafter until 1866, on match days only.
The station opened for special events, such as the Royal Agricultural Society Exhibition in 1869, and again between May and October 1887 for the Royal Jubilee Exhibition in Stretford Royal Botanical Gardens, held to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, during both of which the station was known as Exhibition; additional platforms were constructed for the latter. From 1887 until 1963 it operated as a four-platform station. It was renamed Cricket Ground (Old Trafford) and continued to open on match days only; in 1910 it became Cricket and Football Grounds following the opening of Manchester United's ground on 19 February 1910.
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