Droylsden tram stop

Not to be confused with Droylsden railway station.

Droylsden
Metrolink station
Droylsden tram stop in May 2019
General information
Location	Droylsden, Tameside England
Coordinates	53.47950°N 2.14482°W / 53.47950; -2.14482
Line(s)	East Manchester Line
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	9 February 2013 (preview) 11 February 2013 (full)
Original company	Metrolink
Route map to Piccadilly Great Ancoats Street (Inner Ring Rd.) 0:25 New Islington 0:23 Holt Town River Medlock 0:22 Etihad Campus Alan Turing Way (Middle Ring Rd.) 0:20 Velopark Ashton Canal 0:17 Clayton Hall 0:14 Edge Lane 0:12 Cemetery Road 0:10 Droylsden 0:07 Audenshaw 0:05 Ashton Moss    M60  (Outer Ring Rd.) 0:02 Ashton West   0:00 Ashton-under-Lyne   ( Ashton-under-Lyne)
Location

Droylsden is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013, after a three-day free trial for local residents. The stop was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in Droylsden town centre, a part of Tameside, England.

History

Before the stop opened, there was much controversy surrounding the development of the Metrolink line, with many Droylsden residents complaining about the disruption to traffic and local businesses. It is mainly due to these concerns that a three-day free trial service was run for local residents.

Droylsden Metrolink station shortly before opening

Droylsden Metrolink stop was the terminus of the East Manchester Line until 9 October 2013, when services were extended eastwards to Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink station.

Services

Railway lines in Tameside
Oldham Lines to Oldham Oldham Lines to Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Loop Park Bridge Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook Manchester Lines North to Manchester Victoria Stalybridge Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw (1st station) Ashton Moss Audenshaw Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Dukinfield Central Cemetery Road Metrolink to Manchester Piccadilly Guide Bridge Audenshaw (2nd station) Fairfield Manchester Lines South to Hyde Road Flowery Field Manchester Lines North to Manchester Piccadilly Hyde North Denton Hyde Central Stockport Lines to Stockport Newton for Hyde to Marple Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Glossop lines to Glossop & Hadfield

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Cemetery Road towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Audenshaw towards Ashton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)

Connecting bus routes

Droylsden stop is directly served by a number of services, which stop on Ashton Road or Market Street.

On Ashton Road, Stagecoach Manchester bus service 216 replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne. Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which also stops on Ashton Road, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge.

On Market Street, Stagecoach service 7 (which also stops on Ashton Road), runs between Ashton and Stockport via Gorton and Reddish, while Stagecoach/First service 168 runs between Ashton and Chorlton via Levenshulme and Stagecoach/JPT service 169 runs between Ashton and Southern Cemetery via Levenshulme.

External links

• Droylsden Stop Information
• Droylsden area map
• Light Rail Transit Association