Monsall tram stop

Monsall is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system in the Monsall area of Manchester in North West England. It was built as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion, on the route of the former Oldham Loop Line, and opened to passengers on 13 June 2012.[1]

Monsall
Metrolink station
Monsall tram stop on its opening day
General information
Location	Monsall, Manchester England
Coordinates	53.50110°N 2.21067°W / 53.50110; -2.21067
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	13 June 2012[1]
Original company	Metrolink
Route map 0:00 Rochdale Town Centre 0:03 Rochdale Railway Station Calder Valley line 0:07 Newbold Rochdale Canal 0:09 Kingsway Business Park 0:11 Milnrow  M62  0:13 Newhey 0:17 Shaw and Crompton 0:21 Derker 0:23 Oldham Mumps 0:25 Oldham Central 0:26 Oldham King Street 0:28 Westwood 0:31 Freehold 0:33 South Chadderton  M60  0:34 Hollinwood Rochdale Canal 0:36 Failsworth 0:39 Newton Heath and Moston Calder Valley line 0:42 Central Park 0:44 Monsall to Queens Road Depot to Bury River Irk National Rail 0:49 Manchester Victoria to East Didsbury via Exchange Square to Shudehill
Location

The station is on the ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Cheetham Hill Loop line between the former Thorpe's Bridge Junction (near Newton Heath TMD) and Irk Valley Junction, where the Oldham route joins the line from Bury en route to Victoria. The line through the station had previously been used by Manchester to Rochdale and Leeds services via the Caldervale Line to avoid the notorious Miles Platting incline and also by trains accessing the Red Bank carriage sidings until its closure in 1998 as part of the Manchester North re-signalling scheme.