Kings Reach was a proposed tram stop in Kings Reach, Greater Manchester. The Stockport tram extension was proposed in 1999, but dropped in 2004 on cost grounds.

History

An extension to the line from East Didsbury to

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

was first planned in 1999, and

GMPTE Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was the public body responsible for public transport in Greater Manchester between 1974 and 2011, when it became part of Transport for Greater Manchester. SELNEC PTE Until 1969, the conurbati ...

applied for powers to build it. However, the process came to a halt in 2004 when the ''big bang'' extension was stopped. The proposed extension would have reused some of the former railway alignment. However much of it was built on or filled in after closure, making re-opening more difficult, so the proposed line would have included some new infrastructure and street running sections to take it into Stockport. In these plans, the line would have terminated at

Stockport bus station Stockport bus station in Stockport, Greater Manchester was a bus terminus for approximately sixty-five bus services. It opened on 2 March 1981 on the site of a former car park. Before the bus station opened, most services terminated at Mersey ...

. 2015 plans revive the idea of extending the line from East Didsbury to Stockport, but via a different route using some existing rail lines, with no mention of a station at King's Reach.

References

Proposed Manchester Metrolink tram stops {{UK-metro-stub