Failsworth tram stop is a

Manchester Metrolink Manchester Metrolink is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has List of Manchester Metrolink tram stops, 99 stops along of standard-gauge route, making it the Transport in the United Kingdom#Trams and light ra ...

tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line serving the town of Failsworth,

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, England. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to Metrolink in 2012.

History

Failsworth railway station opened on 26 April 1881 and was situated in Failsworth, in the

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. It was notable for its wooden platforms. The station was on the Oldham Loop Line north east of Manchester Victoria, and was operated and managed by Northern Rail at the time of its closure. The station closed on 3 October 2009 to enable the line to be converted to a Metrolink service. It was rebuilt and reopened as Failsworth tram stop on 13 June 2012. On 6 February 2013, a pedestrian died after a collision with a tram at the stop. File:Class 142 at Failsworth.jpg, Station prior to main line railway closure File:Failsworth Metrolink station construction.jpg, Station exterior during Metrolink construction Failsworth Metrolink Station.jpg, The station after conversion to Metrolink

Service pattern

*12 minute service to with double trams in the peak *12 minute service to with double trams in the peak *6 minute service to with double trams in the peak

Connecting bus routes

Failsworth station is served by two direct bus service but several services also stop nearby. Stotts Tours route 151 runs northbound to Hollinwood via New Moston and southbound to Hightown via Newton Heath, Harpurhey and Cheetham Hill. Stotts Tours route 159 also stops outside and runs northbound to Middleton via New Moston and southbound to

Oldham Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...

via Woodhouses, Hollinwood and Chadderton. On Oldham Road, First Greater Manchester routes 83, 180 and 184 provide frequent and direct buses between Manchester and

with the 83 continuing to Sholver and the 180/184 running to

Saddleworth Saddleworth is a civil parishes in England, civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and Hamlet (place), hamlets as well as suburbs of Oldham on the Saddleworth Moor, west ...

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(184).

References

External links

Metrolink stop informationFailsworth area map
Tram stops in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2009 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2012 Tram stops on the East Didsbury – Rochdale route Tram stops on the East Didsbury – Shaw route 1881 establishments in England Failsworth {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub