Withington tram stop

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30px Withington
Metrolink
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Withington tram stop, on its opening day
Withington is located in Manchester_Metrolink
Withington
Withington
Location of Withington in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Withington
Local authority Manchester
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SJ833929
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Present status In operation
History
Opened 23 May 2013[1]
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Withington is a tram stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. Located on the west side of Princess Road on the fringe of Withington in south Manchester, England, it was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion, and opened on 23 May 2013 in a cutting within a section of the former Cheshire Lines Committee railway.[1]

Withington is a new stop along what was the Cheshire Lines Committee line to Manchester Central railway station, which closed to passenger service in 1967. Proposals to re-open the line as part of Metrolink were made in the 1980s,[2] but remained unfunded until 2006. The line extension took over the disused tracks of the Cheshire Lines Committee as far as East Didsbury tram stop.

In 2006, it was announced that Phase 3a of Metrolink's expansion project would go ahead, expanding the network as far St Werburgh's Road Metrolink station.[3] Following the rejection of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund in a public referendum in 2008, extension of the line as East Didsbury (Phase 3b) went ahead with funding from the alternate Greater Manchester Transport Fund.[4][5][6]

Construction of the line began in April 2009 and part of the new line (to St Werburgh's Road) became operational in 2011. The extension to East Didsbury opened on 23 May 2013.[1]

Service pattern

  • 12 minute service to Deansgate-Castlefield with double trams in the peak
  • 12 minute service to East Didsbury with double trams in the peak

Gallery

  • 1914 map of South Manchester railways

  • Metrolink extension to Chorlton.jpg

    Construction work on the line near Chorlton

  • Metrolink phase south manchester line.png

    Map of the planned South Manchester line extensions

  • St Werbughs Metrolink Site I.jpg

    Bridge under Mauldeth Road West near new station during construction

  • St Werburghs Metrolink Site II.jpg

    Trackbed near new station under construction

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External links

Preceding station   15px Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards East Didsbury
 East Didsbury – Bury Line
towards Bury
  From 26 June 2016  
towards East Didsbury
 East Didsbury – Deansgate-Castlefield Line


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