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Woodlands Road tram stop

Woodlands Road
Metrolink
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Woodlands Road tram stop in 2009
Woodlands Road is located in Manchester_Metrolink
Woodlands Road
Woodlands Road
Location of Woodlands Road in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Cheetham Hill
Local authority Manchester
Coordinates 53°30′29″N 2°13′57″W / 53.5081°N 2.2326°W / 53.5081; -2.2326Coordinates: 53°30′29″N 2°13′57″W / 53.5081°N 2.2326°W / 53.5081; -2.2326
Grid reference SD846013
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone C
Present status Disused
Operations
Original operator Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping company London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail
History
Opened 3 March 1913 (1913-03-03)
Closed as rail station 17 August 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation 6 April 1992
Former name Woodlands Road Halt
Renamed after 1923
Closed 16 December 2013
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Woodlands Road was a tram stop on the Bury Line of the Metrolink system in Greater Manchester, England. It was located in the Cheetham Hill area of North Manchester, England. It was originally opened in 1913 as a heavy rail station and was closed for conversion to light rail in 1991, opening with the new Metrolink system in 1992.

Woodlands Road was the closest station to the Manchester Museum of Transport on Boyle Street. Two new stations opened nearby (Abraham Moss and Queens Road), which led to the closure of the stop on 16 December 2013.

The original railway line was opened in 1879 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway between Manchester Victoria and Bury. Woodlands Road, Bowker Vale and Besses o' th' Barn stations were added to the line in 1913, in an attempt to fend off growing electric tramway competition in the Cheetham Hill area. The original halt had wooden platforms. The site is near the vanished junction of a former branch line to the chemical works in Blackley.

The UK Government announced that £4 million from the Community Infrastructure Fund was awarded to two new stops on the Bury Metrolink line. This was part of £30 million allocated to transport projects to support thousands of extra homes being built across the country over the coming months. The Chairman of the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, Councillor Keith Whitmore, stated that the funding would help realise a long-held ambition to open new Metrolink stops in the area.


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