Brooklands is a

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and park and ride site on the

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's light-rail Metrolink system in the

Brooklands Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain's first airfields, ...

area of Sale. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion.

History

The station was originally opened on 1 December 1859 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) after Samuel Brooks, a Manchester banker, built an estate of large houses along Brooklands Road. It closed as a

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station on 24 December 1991 before reopening as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992. In January 1999, Brooklands Station became a

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building. File:Brooklands railway station 1922950 c57bd8f5.jpg, Brooklands railway station in 1962. File:Brooklands railway station in 1988.jpg, Brooklands station in 1988, prior to conversion to Metrolink.

Services

Brooklands is on the Altrincham Line, with trams towards

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...

stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Monday to Saturday, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays. Trams also head towards Manchester and

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, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to

Piccadilly Piccadilly () is a road in the City of Westminster, London, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road that connects central London to Hammersmith, Earl's Court, ...

or Bury, while evening and Sunday journeys run to Piccadilly only.

Service pattern

*10 trams per hour to Altrincham (5 off-peak) *5 trams per hour to Bury (peak only) *5 trams per hour to Piccadilly

Ticket zones

As of January 2019, Brooklands is located in Metrolink ticket zones 3 and 4.

Connecting bus routes

Brooklands is served hourly by Diamond Bus route 281, which runs from Altrincham to Sale, via Broadheath, Timperley, and Brooklands Road.

References

External links

Brooklands Stop InformationBrooklands area map
Tram stops in Trafford Former Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway stations Tram stops on the Altrincham to Bury line Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992 Tram stops on the Altrincham to Piccadilly line Sale, Greater Manchester 1859 establishments in England {{UK-tram-stub