Newton Heath and Moston tram stop

Newton Heath and Moston
Newton Heath and Moston
Metrolink station
	M5000 tram arrives at Newton Heath and Moston, bound for Oldham Mumps (temporary stop), in 2012.
General information
Location	Newton Heath, City of Manchester ; England
Coordinates	53°30′15″N2°11′01″W / 53.50425°N 2.18371°W
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Tram routes
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2/3
History
Previous names	Dean Lane
Key dates
17 May 1880	Opened as Dean Lane railway station
3 October 2009	Closed for Metrolink conversion
13 June 2012	Opened as Newton Heath and Moston tram stop
Passengers
2007/08	29,228

Last updated January 11, 2025

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

Newton Heath and Moston is a single-platform tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line of the Manchester Metrolink network. It serves Newton Heath and Moston in Manchester, England. It is located in an embankment east of Dean Lane.

History

Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880^[2]2.5 miles (4.0 km) north east of Manchester Victoria along with the Oldham Loop Line section between Newton Heath and Oldham, and was operated and managed by Northern Rail in 2009 before its closure. There were once three stations in Newton Heath: Newton Heath, Dean Lane and Park. This station is 200 yards (180 m) away from Newton Heath TMD.

The station closed for conversion to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and re-opened as a tram station on 13 June 2012 with only a single platform (in place of where the demolished Manchester-bound platform was) and a single track. The heavy rail single track adjacent allows Network Rail to access the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal facility nearby.^[2]

Service pattern

Manchester railways

Legend

City Centre and North
Past, present and future

Manchester Metrolink

Main line services

to Rochdale

to Oldham

Moston

Newton Heath

to Bury

Newton Heath

and Moston

Bowker Vale

to Tameside

Park

to Tameside

Queens Road

Central Park

Monsall

Etihad Campus

Exchange

New Islington

to Ordsall Chord

and to Salford

Ardwick

Shudehill

Ashburys

High Street │

Manchester

Piccadilly

Mayfield

Market Street │

Piccadilly

Gardens

to South Manchester

Exchange Square

Gorton

Mosley Street

Manchester Oxford Road

St Peter's Square

to Belle Vue

Manchester

Central

│

Deansgate-

Castlefield

Deansgate

Liverpool Road

to Hyde Road

to Ordsall Chord

and to Salford

to Tameside

Cornbrook

Pomona

to Eccles

Trafford Bar

to Trafford

Firswood

to Altrincham

to Chorlton

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Two routes serve this tram stop, therefore providing a 6-minute frequency between East Didsbury and Shaw and Crompton during peak times.

Preceding station		Following station
Central Park towards East Didsbury	East Didsbury–Rochdale	Failsworth towards Rochdale Town Centre
Central Park towards East Didsbury	East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)	Failsworth towards Shaw and Crompton
Historical railways
Miles Platting (closed 1995)	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Oldham Loop Line	Failsworth

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References

↑ "Metrolink line to Oldham set to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 8 June 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
1 2 "Dean Lane". Disused Stations: Closed Stations in the UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

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[open-1] "Metrolink line to Oldham set to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 8 June 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

[dean-2] 1 2 "Dean Lane". Disused Stations: Closed Stations in the UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

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Newton Heath and Moston tram stop

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