Cemetery Road is a
tram stop
A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it. Generally, tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, ...
on the
East Manchester Line
The East Manchester Line (EML) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester, England, running from Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne via Droylsden and Audenshaw. The line opened in 2013 as part of phase three of the system's exp ...
(EML) of
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
's light-rail
Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013,
after a three-day free trial for local residents.
The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in
Droylsden
Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester city centre and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the ...
at the junction of Manchester Road and Cemetery Road, a part of
Tameside
The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, ...
, England.
Services
Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.
Connecting bus routes
Cemetery Road is directly served by
bus service 216, which stops next to the station on Manchester Road and replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...
. Stagecoach/
JPT services 217 and 218, which also stops on Manchester Road, run circular routes between Manchester and
Mossley
Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester.
The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshir ...
serving Droylsden,
Dukinfield, Ashton,
Tameside General Hospital
Tameside General Hospital is an acute general hospital situated in Ashton-under-Lyne managed by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. It serves the surrounding area of Tameside in Greater Manchester, and the town of Glossop ...
and
Stalybridge.
References
External links
Cemetery Road Stop InformationCemetery Road area map
Tram stops in Tameside
Tram stops on the Bury to Ashton-under-Lyne line
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