Velopark tram stop

Velopark
Metrolink
Velopark tram stop in February 2013
Velopark Location of Velopark in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Clayton
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′57″N 2°11′33″W / 53.4824°N 2.1926°W / 53.4824; -2.1926Coordinates: 53°28′57″N 2°11′33″W / 53.4824°N 2.1926°W / 53.4824; -2.1926
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	M
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview) 11 February 2013 (full)
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

Velopark is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013, after a three-day free trial for local residents. The stop was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located beside Manchester Velodrome, in Clayton, Manchester, England. During planning and construction phases, the stop was known as New East (for Velodrome) and as Sportcity-Velodrome.

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Velopark is directly served by Stagecoach Manchester bus services 216 and 231, which stops next to the station on Ashton New Road, with the 216 replicating the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, while the 231 runs between Manchester and Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw. M Travel service 188 also stops on Ashton New Road and runs between Manchester and Ryder Brow via Openshaw and Gorton.

Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which stops on Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge, while First Greater Manchester service 53 stops nearby on Alan Turing Way or Grey Mare Lane and runs between Cheetham Hill and Pendleton via Gorton, Rusholme and Old Trafford.