List of Manchester Metrolink tram stops

Since opening in 1992, the Manchester Metrolink light-rail/tram system has grown to a network of 99 tram stops.

Cornbrook tram stop, a major interchange on the Metrolink network
Geographic map of the system

The system opened in April 1992 with 20 tram stops with routes radiating from Manchester Victoria to Bury and Manchester Piccadilly to Altrincham. Phase 2 extended the network to Eccles with 12 new tram stops and a new interchange at Cornbrook was built in 1999. Phase 3a involved the construction of 36 new stops and new lines to Rochdale via Oldham, Tameside and East Didsbury. The first stops as part of Phase 3a opened in 2011 and the final stop opened in 2014. A new 9 miles (14 km) line to Manchester Airport became operational in November 2014 – 12 months ahead of schedule.[1][2]

The network consists of over 62 miles (100 km) of track, making it the largest tram system in the United Kingdom and second only to the London Underground in terms of an urban commuter network. As of 2020, upon the completion of the Trafford Park Line, the Metrolink system has 99 stops. Primary future proposals include tram-trains to Bolton and Wigan and an extension from East Didsbury to Stockport.

Borough Tram stops
Manchester 42
Trafford 18
Oldham 10
Salford 10
Tameside 7
Bury 6
Rochdale 6
Bolton 0
Stockport 0
Wigan 0
Total 99

Current stops
Correct as of 22 March 2020
Tram stop[3] Photo Line Metropolitan borough District Opened Zone Footfall 2021/22[4] Notes
Abraham Moss Bury LineManchesterCheetham Hill18 November 20112153,900 For Library and College campus
Altrincham
(National Rail Altrincham)		 Altrincham LineTraffordAltrincham15 June 199241,755,800For Altrincham Interchange (buses and trains). Terminus of the Altrincham Line.
Anchorage Eccles LineSalfordSalford Quays12 June 19992230,721
Ashton Moss East Manchester LineTamesideAshton Moss9 October 20133128,400 For Leisure complex and Snipe retail park
Ashton-under-Lyne
(National Rail Ashton-under-Lyne)		 East Manchester LineTamesideAshton-under-Lyne9 October 20133499,100For Ashton-under-lyne bus station and Ashton-under-lyne railway station
Ashton West East Manchester LineTamesideAshton Moss9 October 2013385,200 For Leisure and retail complex and Tameside stadium
Audenshaw East Manchester LineTamesideAudenshaw9 October 20133129,800
Baguley Airport LineManchesterBaguley3 November 2014382,800 For Roundthorn industrial estate
Barlow Moor Road Airport LineManchesterChorlton-cum-Hardy3 November 20142/3290,700
Barton Dock Road Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park22 March 20203219,300 For EventCity and the Trafford centre
Benchill Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 20144122,200For Benchill health centre and sixth form college
Besses o' th' Barn Bury LineBuryBesses o' th' Barn6 April 19923319,400
Bowker Vale Bury LineManchesterBowker Vale6 April 19922/3310,500
Broadway Eccles LineSalfordSalford Quays12 June 1999387,521
Brooklands Altrincham LineTraffordBrooklands15 June 19923/4768,900For the Brooklands area of Sale
Burton Road South Manchester LineManchesterWithington23 May 20133786,300
Bury Bury LineBuryBury6 April 199241,699,400
Cemetery Road East Manchester LineTamesideDroylsden8 February 20133112,800
Central Park Oldham and Rochdale LineManchesterNewton Heath13 June 20122147,500For Central Park (business park)
Chorlton South Manchester LineManchesterChorlton7 July 201121,216,800
Clayton Hall East Manchester LineManchesterClayton8 February 20132100,900
Cornbrook Altrincham Line/Zone 1ManchesterSt George's6 December 19991/21,289,000
Crossacres Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 2014454,800
Crumpsall Bury LineManchesterCrumpsall6 April 19922358,500
Dane Road Altrincham LineTraffordSale, Greater Manchester15 June 19923275,100
Deansgate-Castlefield
(National Rail Deansgate)		 Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre27 April 199212,506,400Formerly G-Mex Metrolink station (1992–2010). A third platform was added in 2015
Derker Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamDerker16 December 20123/4265,900
Didsbury Village South Manchester LineManchesterDidsbury23 May 20133542,400
Droylsden East Manchester LineTamesideDroylsden8 February 20133199,200Former terminus of the East Manchester Line.
East Didsbury
(National Rail East Didsbury)		 South Manchester LineManchesterDidsbury23 May 20133598,300Terminus for the South Manchester Line.
Eccles
(National Rail Eccles)		 Eccles LineSalfordEccles21 July 20002390,100Terminus of the Eccles Line.
Edge Lane East Manchester LineTamesideDroylsden8 February 20132/3198,000
Etihad Campus East Manchester LineManchesterEtihad Campus8 February 20132326,400For Etihad Stadium
Exchange Quay Eccles LineSalfordSalford Quays12 June 19992798,821
Exchange Square Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre6 December 201511,611,500For Manchester Arndale
Failsworth Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamFailsworth13 June 20123242,100
Firswood South Manchester LineTraffordFirswood7 July 20112318,800
Freehold Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamChadderton13 June 20123207,100
Harbour City Eccles LineSalfordSalford Quays12 June 19992377,621
Heaton Park Bury LineBuryPrestwich6 April 19923572,000For Heaton Park
Hollinwood Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamHollinwood13 June 20123241,900
Holt Town East Manchester LineManchesterHolt Town8 February 2013266,300
Imperial War Museum Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park22 March 20202269,600For the Imperial War Museum and Salford Quays
Kingsway Business Park Oldham and Rochdale LineRochdaleFirgrove28 February 20134181,700For Kingsway Business Park and Firgrove
Ladywell Eccles LineSalfordLadywell12 June 19992254,121Named after the roundabout by the stop
Langworthy Eccles LineSalfordLangworthy12 June 19992198,821
Manchester Airport
(National Rail Airport railway station
Airport interchange Manchester Airport)		 Airport LineManchesterRingway3 November 20144233,900For Manchester Airport. Terminus of the Airport Line.
Market Street Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre27 April 199211,668,500
Martinscroft Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 2014496,700Named after adjacent road
MediaCityUK Eccles Line (spur)SalfordMediaCityUK20 September 20102936,021For Salford Quays and MediaCityUK. All Eccles and Ashton services currently operate via this stop.
Milnrow Oldham and Rochdale LineRochdaleMilnrow28 February 20134235,800
Monsall Oldham and Rochdale LineManchesterMonsall13 June 2012276,900
Moor Road Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 20143136,600
Navigation Road Altrincham LineTraffordAltrincham15 June 19924520,300Mainline trains run on adjacent platform.
New Islington Zone 1ManchesterNew Islington8 February 20131560,500
Newbold Oldham and Rochdale LineRochdaleNewbold28 February 20134192,800
Newhey Oldham and Rochdale LineRochdaleNewhey28 February 20134122,200
Newton Heath and Moston Oldham and Rochdale LineManchesterNewton Heath13 June 20122/3193,300
Northern Moor Airport LineManchesterNorthern Moor3 November 20143171,300
Old Trafford Altrincham LineTraffordOld Trafford15 June 19922958,200For Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Oldham Central Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamOldham27 January 20143478,900
Oldham King Street Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamOldham27 January 20143252,600
Oldham Mumps Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamOldham27 January 20143274,300
Parkway Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park22 March 20202/3102,100Named after Parkway Circle.
Peel Hall Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 2014450,400
Piccadilly
(National Rail Piccadilly)		 Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre20 July 199212,379,400For National Rail and bus services.
Piccadilly Gardens Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre27 April 199212,618,900For Piccadilly Gardens bus interchange.
Pomona Eccles LineTraffordPomona Docks12 June 1999223,730The least used Metrolink station.
Prestwich Bury LineBuryPrestwich6 April 19923735,400
Queens Road Bury LineManchesterCheetham Hill16 December 20132142,300For Queens Road depot (Metrolink).
Radcliffe Bury LineBuryRadcliffe6 April 19924573,300
Robinswood Road Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 2014428,700
Rochdale Railway Station
(National Rail Rochdale)		 Oldham and Rochdale LineRochdaleRochdale28 February 20134208,000For Rochdale railway station
Rochdale Town Centre Oldham and Rochdale LineRochdaleRochdale31 March 20144544,200for Rochdale interchange and number one riverside. Terminus for the Oldham and Rochdale Line.
Roundthorn Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 20143/4235,500For Roundthorn industrial estate.
Sale Altrincham LineTraffordSale15 June 199231,097,100
Sale Water Park Airport LineTraffordSale Water Park3 November 20143138,300
Salford Quays Eccles LineSalfordSalford Quays12 June 19992459,821For Salford Quays.
Shadowmoss Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 2014476,400
Shaw and Crompton Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamShaw and Crompton16 December 20124497,200
Shudehill
(Shudehill Interchange)		 Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre31 March 20031710,000For Printworks and Shudehill bus interchange.
South Chadderton Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamChadderton13 June 20123215,000
St Peter's Square Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre27 April 199214,930,000Closed from 28 June 2015 – 28 August 2016 for re-development and was transformed into a four-platform interchange due to Phase 2CC.
St Werburgh's Road South Manchester LineManchesterChorlton-cum-Hardy7 July 20112/3279,500Place of interchange from East Didsbury to Manchester Airport. Former terminus of the South Manchester Line.
Stretford Altrincham LineTraffordStretford15 June 19922/3775,500
The Trafford Centre Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park22 March 20203515,400For The Trafford Centre and like named bus station.
Timperley Altrincham LineTraffordTimperley15 June 19924536,700
Trafford Bar Altrincham LineTraffordOld Trafford15 June 19922855,900
Velopark East Manchester LineManchesterClayton8 February 20132212,700
Victoria
(National Rail Manchester Victoria)		 Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre6 April 199211,855,500Redeveloped from 2014-2015 with two extra platforms (4).
Village Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park22 March 2020262,600
Weaste Eccles LineSalfordWeaste12 June 19992204,021
West Didsbury South Manchester LineManchesterDidsbury23 May 20133414,900
Westwood Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamOldham27 January 20143126,900
Wharfside Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park22 March 20202333,700
Whitefield Bury LineBuryWhitefield6 April 19923/4718,800
Withington South Manchester LineManchesterWithington23 May 20133183,900
Wythenshawe Park Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 20143159,800
Wythenshawe Town Centre Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe3 November 20144306,400For the Wythenshawe bus interchange.

Former stops
Stop Photo Line(s)[*] Metropolitan borough District Closed Notes
High Street Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre10 August 1998Closed in 1998 due to car traffic requirements on High Street
Mosley Street Zone 1ManchesterManchester city centre18 May 2013Closed in 2013 due to insufficient capacity with the opening of new Metrolink lines. More services created a bottleneck and trams at this stop would frequently hold-up trams behind so the stop was removed.
Woodlands Road Altrincham-BuryManchesterCheetham Hill16 December 2013Closed to make way for Queens Road (serving the depot), and Abraham Moss (serving the library and school). Originally a railway station, which was closed for Metrolink.

Fictional stops
Stop Photo Line(s)[*] Metropolitan borough District First seen Notes
Weatherfield North EcclesSalfordWeatherfield20 April 2018A fictional tram stop introduced into the Granada Television soap opera Coronation Street in 2018. The set is located at the Coronation Street set in MediaCityUK[5]

Map

Future

Proposed

The proposed Manchester Airport High Speed station for the High Speed 2 extension to Manchester is expected to be connected to Manchester Airport by a newly constructed Wythenshawe Loop.[6]

Buckley Wells, Elton Reservoir and Sandhills have been proposed as additional stops on the Bury Line, as well as Cop Road on the Oldham and Rochdale Line.[7][8]

Stop[3] Line(s)[*] Metropolitan
borough		 District Planned
opening		 Notes
Buckley Wells Bury LineBuryBuckley Wells
Cop Road Oldham and Rochdale LineOldhamMoorside
Davenport Green Wythenshawe LoopManchesterWythenshawe
Elton Reservoir Bury LineBuryFishpool
Gorsey Bank Stockport LineStockportStockport
Heaton Mersey Stockport LineHeaton MerseyStockport
Kings Reach Stockport LineStockportStockport
Manchester Airport High Speed Wythenshawe LoopTraffordDavenport Green
Newall Green Wythenshawe LoopManchesterWythenshawe
Piccadilly Central TBD Manchester Piccadilly
Port Salford Trafford Park LineSalfordBarton-upon-Irwell
Salford Reds Trafford Park LineSalfordBarton-upon-Irwell
Sandhills Bury LineManchesterCollyhurst
Stockport Interchange Stockport LineStockportStockport
Trafford Quays Trafford Park LineTraffordTrafford Park
Wythenshawe Hospital Wythenshawe LoopManchesterWythenshawe

Cancelled

Some stops were planned along new lines but were eventually dropped.

Stop[3] Line(s)[*] Metropolitan
borough		 District Metrolink
Zone		 Planned
opening		 Notes
Drake Street Oldham-Rochdale LineRochdaleRochdale
Hardy Farm Airport LineManchesterChorlton-cum-Hardy
Haveley Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe
Hough End Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe
Woodhouse Park Airport LineManchesterWythenshawe

Platforms

Metrolink tram stops have between one and four platforms, though most (91) have two platforms. Some are island platforms allowing easier transfers between services.

Platforms Stops
4St Peter's Square,
Victoria
3Crumpsall, Deansgate-Castlefield,
Shaw and Crompton
2All other stops
1Eccles,
Navigation Road,
Newton Heath and Moston

See also
Part of a series of articles on
Manchester Metrolink

References
  1. Metrolink.co.uk. "Airport line". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. Guardian (2 November 2014). "Manchester Metrolink line opens more than a year ahead of schedule". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. "Metrolink – Stop Information". Manchester Metrolink. TfGM. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. "Passenger numbers by Metrolink station". WhatDoTheyKnow. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  5. Bourne, Dianne (12 March 2018). "First look at Coronation Street's new street". men. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "Wythenshawe 'western loop' Metrolink tram line to be proposed". BBC News. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  7. "Metolink Network" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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