Sale is a

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on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in

Sale, Greater Manchester Sale is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of Manchester. Sale lies within the Historic counties of England, historic count ...

, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this, it was a railway station on the

Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJ&AR) was a suburban railway which operated an route between Altrincham in Cheshire and Manchester London Road railway station (now Manchester Piccadilly station, Piccadilly) in Manches ...

(MSJAR) line. It was built by John Brogden, who was a local builder in the Sale area.

History

The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the MSJAR. Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. It closed as a

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station on 24 December 1991 and reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992. Sale tram stop briefly appears during the opening titles of '' Pro Evolution Soccer 2'', which was released in 2002.

Services

Sale is on the Altrincham Line, with trams towards

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...

stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to

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or Bury, while evening and Sunday journeys run to Etihad Campus only, with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.

Service pattern

*10 trams per hour to Altrincham (5 off-peak) *5 trams per hour to Bury (peak only) *5 trams per hour to Piccadilly

Ticket zones

As of January 2019, Sale is located in Metrolink ticket zone 3.

Connecting bus routes

Sale tram stop is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside and some stopping around the town centre. Services that stop outside the station: * Arriva North West ( Bee Network) services 248, 249 and 281. (248 - Eccles, 249 - Altrincham, and 281 - Altrincham *

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( Bee Network) service 41 to Middleton via

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and

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, Cheetham Hill and North Manchester General Hospital.

References

External links

Sale Stop InformationSale area mapSale Tram Stop Map
{{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations Tram stops in Trafford Former Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992 Sale, Greater Manchester 1849 establishments in England Tram stops on the Altrincham – Piccadilly/Etihad Campus route Tram stops on the Altrincham – Bury route