Cornbrook tram stop is a

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's light rail Metrolink system in the Cornbrook area of

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, England. It is an

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, allowing passenger transfer between the network's

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, Eccles,

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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

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, and was built on what was a

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route to

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. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.

History

The stop is named after the now culverted Corn Brook, a tributary of the

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which runs through the area. 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

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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. During August 2009, the track layout was extensively remodelled to accommodate the MediaCityUK tram service and as a result the track was removed from the bay platform reducing the number of platforms to 2. However the infrastructure remains and the platform could be reinstated if the need arises. This is the second station in this locality as

Cornbrook railway station Cornbrook railway station was opened on the south side of Cornbrook Road in the St. George's area of Manchester on 1 June 1856 by the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (M ...

was opened to serve Pomona Gardens on the south side of Cornbrook Road on 1 June 1856 by the

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(MSJAR), which runs parallel to the Metrolink at this point. The first station closed on 31 May 1865.

Services

Service pattern

At peak times (07:15 – 19:30 Monday to Friday, 09:30 – 18:30 Saturday): *10 trams per hour to Altrincham *10 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne *5 trams per hour to Bury *10 trams per hour to East Didsbury *5 trams per hour to Eccles *5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport *5 trams per hour to MediaCityUK *5 trams per hour to Piccadilly *5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre *5 trams per hour to Shaw and Crompton *5 trams per hour to the Trafford Centre *5 trams per hour to Victoria Offpeak (all other times during operational hours): *5 trams per hour to Altrincham *5 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne *5 trams per hour to East Didsbury *5 trams per hour to Eccles via MediaCityUK *5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport *5 trams per hour to Piccadilly *5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre *5 trams per hour to the Trafford Centre *5 trams per hour to Victoria *5 trams per hour to Etihad Campus

Connecting bus routes

Cornbrook station is served by bus services on nearby Chester Road.

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service 255 runs to Partington via

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and

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. Services run to Manchester, terminating at

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Gallery

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at Cornbrook tram stop in 2012. Image:Cornbrook entrance.jpg, The entrance to Cornbrook station on Cornbrook Road. Image:Cornbrook tram stop.jpg, Cornbrook tram stop in January 2017.

References

External links

Cornbrook Stop InformationCornbrook area map
{{Manchester Metrolink tram stops Tram stops in Manchester Tram stops on the Eccles to Piccadilly line Tram stops on the Altrincham to Bury line Tram stops on the MediaCityUK to Cornbrook line Tram stops on the East Didsbury to Rochdale line Tram stops on the Altrincham to Piccadilly line Transport infrastructure completed in 1999 1999 establishments in England