Metrolink Zone F Original operator MSJAR Opened 20 July 1849 Platforms in use 2 | Grid reference SJ788919 Present status In operation Pre-grouping company MSJAR | |
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Sale is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this it was a railway station.
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History
The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. Closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991. Reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.
Sale Station appears during the opening titles of Pro Evolution Soccer 2.
Services
Sale is located on the Altrincham Line with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Manchester Piccadilly or Bury, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Piccadilly only with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.
Service pattern
Connecting bus routes
Sale station is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside the station and some services stopping around the town centre.
Services that stop outside the station: