Droylsden Metrolink station

Droylsden
Manchester Metrolink
Location
Place	Droylsden
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone
Present status	Under construction
History
Opening	Summer 2012
East Manchester Line to Piccadilly Gardens  Manchester Piccadilly  New Islington Holt Town Etihad Campus Velopark Clayton Hall Edge Lane Cemetery Road Droylsden Audenshaw Ashton Moss Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne
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Droylsden Metrolink Station is a future station under construction as part of Phase 3a of the Manchester Metrolink, and will serve the town of Droylsden in Greater Manchester. The station is scheduled to open in the summer of 2012 and will initially be the terminus of the East Manchester Line up until the winter of 2013/14, after which it will continue to Ashton-under-Lyne^[1].

The station will be located on Ashton Road at the junction of Market Street in the town centre^[2].

Services

Trams are scheduled along the East Manchester line westbound towards Manchester Piccadilly station before continuing through the city centre towards other destinations, whilst eastbound trams will originally terminate at Droyslden upon opening before heading towards Ashton-under-Lyne in the winter of 2013. Trams will run every 12 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime, increasing to every 6 minutes at peak times. On Sundays and Bank Holidays, there will be a 15 minute service^[1].

Controversy

There has been much controversy surrounding the development to the Metrolink line, with many Droylsden residents complaining about the disruption to traffic and local businesses.

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
		Under Construction
Cemetery Road towards Piccadilly Gardens		East Manchester Line		Audenshaw towards Ashton-under-Lyne

[v · d · e]Tameside Lines

Legend To Oldham To Saddleworth Park Bridge To Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook To Manchester Droylsden Stalybridge Ashton Charlestown Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Ashton Moss Audenshaw Ashton Park Parade Dukinfield Central Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Cemetery Road To Manchester Guide Bridge Hooley Hill Fairfield To Hyde Road Hyde North To Manchester Flowery Field Denton Hyde Central Newton for Hyde To Marple Godley To Stockport Hattersley Broadbottom To Glossop/Hadfield

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/east-manchester-line.asp. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Metrolink - Droylsden station". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/droylsden.pdf. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 

External links

• Light Rail Transit Association
• Metrolink East Manchester Line

Coordinates: 53°28′47″N 2°08′43″W / 53.4796°N 2.1453°W / 53.4796; -2.1453