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Freehold tram stop

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Place
  
Chadderton

Present status
  
In operation

Opened
  
13 June 2012

Metrolink Zone
  
K

Original operator
  
Metrolink

Platforms in use
  
2

Freehold tram stop

Address
  
Chadderton, Oldham OL9 8QT, United Kingdom

Local authority
  
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

Similar
  
Oldham Central tram stop, Oldham King Street tram stop, Westwood tram stop, Newhey Metrolink station, Derker Metrolink station

Freehold is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion, and is located on Block Lane in Chadderton at its boundary with Oldham in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England.

Contents

Freehold Metrolink station serves the Cowhill and Block Lane areas of Chadderton and the adjacent Freehold area of Werneth, Oldham from which the station takes its name. The station is one of the newly built stops on what was the Oldham Loop Line.

Services

Services run mostly every 6 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Freehold station is served by service 159 which stops outside the station on Block Lane. The 159 is operated by Manchester Community Transport and heads northbound to Chadderton town centre, continuing to Oldham, and runs southbound to Hollinwood, continuing to Middleton via Woodhouses, Failsworth and New Moston.

On nearby Denton Lane, Cowhill, First Greater Manchester service 415 provides a direct link to Middleton and Oldham, while the 419, operated by Manchester Community Transport also provides a link to Chadderton and Middleton plus to Ashton-under-Lyne via Hathershaw.

References

Freehold tram stop Wikipedia