Burton Road tram stop

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Burton Road
Metrolink station
Burton Road Tram Stop (geograph 5764013).jpg
General information
Location Withington, Manchester
England
Coordinates 53°25′45″N2°14′27″W / 53.42924°N 2.24074°W / 53.42924; -2.24074
Grid reference SJ840924
Line(s) South Manchester Line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone3
Key dates
23 May 2013Opened
Services
Preceding station Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Manchester Metrolink Following station
West Didsbury
towards East Didsbury
East Didsbury–Rochdale Withington
towards Rochdale Town Centre
East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only) Withington
towards Shaw and Crompton
Location
Burton Road tram stop

Burton Road is a stop on the South Manchester Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located on Burton Road, on the border of the suburbs of Withington and West Didsbury in Manchester, England.

Contents

The tram stop was opened on 23 May 2013. It was built in a cutting on a section of abandoned railway which was re-opened for light rail operation. The line was originally opened in 1880 as the Manchester South District Line, which ran trains from Manchester Central railway station. The route was closed in 1967, but was re-opened in the 21st century as part of the Metrolink network. Trams now run from East Didsbury through Burton Road to Manchester city centre tram stops and on to Rochdale Town Centre. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Service pattern

History

In 1880 the Midland Railway opened the new Manchester South District Line which ran from Throstle Nest Junction, Old Trafford to Heaton Mersey. [5] The line north of Chorlton Junction (with the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway's line to Fallowfield) was later operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee from 1891 when the Fallowfield line opened, and rail service ran out of Manchester Central station to the southern suburbs. [6] South of Chorlton-cum-Hardy railway station, the line ran south-east through the area with the first station at Withington railway station on the corner of Lapwing Lane and Palatine Road (Withington station was renamed Withington & Albert Park in 1884 and then Withington & West Didsbury in 1915). [7] [8] Withington & West Didsbury station closed in July 1961, although British Rail trains continued to use this route until 1969, when the entre line was closed as part of the Beeching cuts. [8]

In 1984, Greater Manchester Council and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive announced the Project Light Rail scheme to develop a new light rail/tram system by re-opening use of disused railway lines in the region, including the route from Chorlton to East Didsbury. [9] The first phase of the Manchester Metrolink system opened in 1992, but the Manchester South line was not included. Plans to re-open the line for light rail use were proposed in the early 1980s, [4] but these proposals failed several times due to problems securing funding. [10]

With limited funding available, re-opening the former Midland line took place in segments; in 2006, it was announced that the Metrolink network would extend as far St Werburgh's Road in Chorlton (opened 2011), [11] [12] and in 2008 with funding from the Greater Manchester Transport Fund, the line was extended to East Didsbury. [2] [13] [3] Tram tracks were laid along the former trackbed, and a new tram stop was constructed by the Burton Road bridge in Withington. Burton Road Metrolink stop opened on 23 May 2013. [1] [14] Further south along the line, the original Withington railway station was not re-opened, but was replaced with a new Metrolink stop, West Didsbury, in close proximity to the old station site.

Location

Burton Road tram stop is located in the area between Withington and West Didsbury next to Burton Road. It is the closest Metrolink stop to Withington Village; the preceding stop on the line is named Withington but is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the suburb of Withington. [15] It is the closest stop to Withington Community Hospital.

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