Abraham Moss tram stop

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Abraham Moss
Metrolink station
Abraham Moss tram stop.jpg
A M5000 arriving at Abraham Moss tram stop in January 2017.
General information
Location Cheetham Hill, City of Manchester
England
Coordinates 53°30′38″N2°14′09″W / 53.51068°N 2.23572°W / 53.51068; -2.23572
Line(s) Bury Line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone2
History
Opened18 April 2011
Original companyManchester Metrolink
Location
Abraham Moss tram stop

Abraham Moss is a tram stop in the suburban area of Cheetham Hill, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. The station gained funding approval in 2010 and replaced nearby Woodlands Road stop. It is close to the local library and college campus. [1] The planning application for the station was lodged June 2010. [2] Construction began on 18 October 2010 and the station became operational on 18 April 2011. [3]

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Services

Services mostly run every 12 minutes on 2 routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

Preceding station Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Manchester Metrolink Following station
Queens Road
towards Altrincham
Altrincham–Bury (peak only) Crumpsall
towards Bury
Queens Road
towards Piccadilly
Piccadilly–Bury

Connecting bus services

Abraham Moss is served by several bus services on Crescent Road. First Greater Manchester/JPT services 88 and 89 run a circular route to Manchester either via Cheetham Hill or via North Manchester General Hospital, Higher Blackley and White Moss. Another First service, the 149, also runs to Manchester via Broughton and also runs to Oldham via Moston and Hollinwood.

First service 52 runs westbound to Pendleton via Cheetham Hill and Broughton and eastbound to Failsworth via Harpurhey and Newton Heath. First service 53 terminates nearby at Cheetham Hill and runs to Pendleton via North Manchester General Hospital, Harpurhey, Beswick, Gorton, University of Manchester and Old Trafford. First service 154 runs to Bury via Prestwich, while Stagecoach Manchester service 151 runs to Hollinwood via Harpurhey and Failsworth [4]

Since the introduction of the Bee Network franchise system, revised services are provided by Stagecoach Manchester and Diamond Bus North West, the latter operating service 151.

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References

  1. "Item 4A – North Manchester Metrolink Stops". Transport for Greater Manchester Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. "Full Planning Application for the Abraham Moss Stop" (PDF). Manchester City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  3. "New Abraham Moss Metrolink stop to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  4. "Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

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