Place Failsworth Metrolink Zone K Opened 26 April 1881 | Grid reference SD893016 Present status In operation Platforms in use 2 | |
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Original operator Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Pre-grouping company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Address Failsworth, Manchester M35 0GY, United Kingdom Similar Newhey Metrolink station, Newton Heath and Moston tr, Hollinwood tram stop, Benchill tram stop, Mosley Street tram stop | ||
Failsworth tram stop is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) in Failsworth, Greater Manchester. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to Metrolink in 2012.
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History
Failsworth railway station opened on 26 April 1881 and was situated in Failsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was notable for its wooden platforms. The station was on the Oldham Loop Line 3 1⁄2 miles (6 km) north east of Manchester Victoria, and was operated and managed by Northern Rail at the time of its closure.
The station closed on 3 October 2009 to enable the line to be converted to a Metrolink service, and re-opened as Failsworth Metrolink station on 13 June 2012.
Services
Services run mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.
Connecting bus routes
Failsworth station is served by two direct bus service but several services also stop nearby. Stagecoach Manchester service 151 runs northbound to Hollinwood via New Moston and southbound to Hightown via Newton Heath, Harpurhey and Cheetham Hill. Stagecoach service 159 also stops outside and runs northbound to Middleton via New Moston and southbound to Oldham via Woodhouses, Hollinwood and Chadderton.
On Oldham Road, First Greater Manchester services 83, 180 and 184 provide frequent and direct buses between Manchester and Oldham with the 83 continuing to Sholver and the 180/184 running to Saddleworth plus Huddersfield (184).