Milnrow 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

Oldham and Rochdale Line The Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester running from Manchester city centre to Rochdale town centre via Oldham, using most of the trackbed of the former Oldham Loop Line which closed in ...

(ORL) of

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's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 28 February 2013 and is located in

Milnrow Milnrow is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale. It is east of Rochdale to ...

, a part of the

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, The borough covers other outlying towns and villages with a population of 206,500 at the ...

, England. The station sits on the site of Milnrow railway station, a regional rail station which opened on 2 November 1863 and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion from heavy rail to light rail. It was along the

Oldham Loop Line The Oldham Loop Line was a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England, used by trains that ran from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale via Oldham Mumps. Services on the line at the time of its closure were operated by Northern Rail. The l ...

, which operated from Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham and thus was almost identical to the current Metrolink route.

History

At the time the station opened it was as part of a new line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction, and created a Middleton Junction to Rochdale route. In 1880 a line was built from Oldham Werneth to Thorpes Bridge Junction near Newton Heath. Subsequently, the whole Thorpes Bridge Junction to Rochdale East Junction route became known as the

. The pattern of train services on the Oldham Loop Line involved a greater number of trains serving the Oldham stations, and less services continuing on to Milnrow and Rochdale. In the 1960s and 1970s fewer and fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, and in May 1972 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this part of the Oldham Loop including Milnrow Station would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because what later became the

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(GMPTE) agreed to fund the continuation of services (though the line through the station was subsequently singled between Rochdale & Shaw). The involvement of the GMPTE also lead to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section including Milnrow. The station closed on 3 October 2009 for the conversion of the line to Metrolink and re-opened as Milnrow tram stop on 28 February 2013. The route was re-doubled as part of the conversion work to allow a more frequent service to operate than before.

Services

Milnrow is located on the Oldham & Rochdale Line with trams towards

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and

Rochdale railway station Rochdale railway station is a multi-modal transport hub in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a Northern-operated heavy rail station on the Caldervale Line, and an adjoining light rail stop on Metrolink's Oldham and Rochda ...

. Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

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Gallery

Image:Milnrow railway station in 1989.jpg, Milnrow railway station in 1989 Image:Milnrow_railway_station_-_Geograph_1519041_by_Dr_Neil_Clifton.jpg, October 2009 Image:Milnrow_railway_station_-_Geograph_1599739_by_Bryan_Tenny.jpg, Metrolink conversion November 2009

References

External links

Metrolink stop informationMilnrow area map
{{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations Tram stops in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2009 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2013 Tram stops on the East Didsbury to Rochdale line