Derker tram stop

Derker
Metrolink station
Derker tram stop, on its opening day
General information
Location	Derker, Oldham England
Coordinates	53°32′59″N2°06′06″W / 53.54972°N 2.10159°W / 53.54972; -2.10159
Grid reference	SD933058
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3/4
History
Opened	1985
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
3 October 2009	Closed as a rail station
16 December 2012 [1]	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map Legend 0:00 Rochdale Town Centre 0:04 Rochdale Railway Station Calder Valley line 0:07 Newbold Rochdale Canal 0:08 Kingsway Business Park 0:10 Milnrow  M62  0:12 Newhey 0:16 Shaw and Crompton 0:19 Derker 0:21 Oldham Mumps 0:23 Oldham Central 0:24 Oldham King Street 0:26 Westwood 0:29 Freehold 0:31 South Chadderton  M60  0:32 Hollinwood Rochdale Canal 0:34 Failsworth 0:36 Newton Heath and Moston Calder Valley line 0:39 Central Park 0:40 Monsall to Queens Road Depot to Queens Road River Irk to Victoria This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Derker is a stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 16 December 2012 and is located in the Derker area of Oldham, England.

History

Derker railway station was opened, initially on an experimental basis, on 30 August 1985 ^[2] by British Rail to replace Royton Junction station, ½ mile further along the line.

The station closed on 3 October 2009, was converted to light rail, and re-opened as Derker Metrolink station on 16 December 2012. The station is served by a 254 space Park and Ride car park, which is immediately adjacent to the station and is accessed from Cromford Street. ^[1]

Service pattern

v t e Oldham Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future
Kirklees South Lines to Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines to Tameside Rochdale Lines to Rochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines to Tameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps (L&YR) Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham Central (L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines to Ashton Chadderton Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway Freehold South Chadderton Rochdale Lines to Middleton and Rochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North to Manchester Manchester Lines North to Manchester

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Oldham Mumps towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Shaw and Crompton towards Rochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Shaw and Crompton Terminus
Proposed
Oldham Mumps towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Cop Road towards Rochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Cop Road towards Shaw and Crompton
Historical railways
Oldham Mumps		Regional Railways Oldham Loop Line		Royton Junction

References

1. Kirby, Dean (12 December 2012). "Shaw and Crompton Metrolink trams start this Sunday". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
2. Alan Bevan, ed. (1998). A—Z of Rail Reopenings. Railway Development Society. Warwick: Warwick Printing Company. ISBN   0-901283-13-4.

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Derker area map