Newhey is a

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on the

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(ORL) of

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

Newhey Newhey (archaically New Hey) is a suburban village in the Milnrow area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (N.D.), p. 32. in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the foot of the South Pennines, b ...

, a suburban village the

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, England. The stop sits on the site of New Hey 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

The station was situated on the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham route which connected the city of

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to the town of

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via

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...

and a number of smaller districts and suburbs including Newhey. 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 New Hey 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 New Hey 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. The involvement of the GMPTE also lead to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section including New Hey, though the Rochdale to Shaw portion was reduced to single track to reduce maintenance costs (leaving only one platform in use). The station closed on 3 October 2009 for the conversion of the line to Metrolink and re-opened as Newhey Metrolink station, with the modern spelling of the village's name, from 28 February 2013. The route was re-doubled during conversion to allow a more frequent service to operate and thus the rebuilt station has two platforms.

Services

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

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and

running every 12 minutes throughout the day Mondays to Sundays.

Connecting bus routes

Gallery

File:New Hey Station Facilities.jpg, September 2009 File:Newhey Station 2010.jpg, Conversion to Metrolink, September 2010

References

External links

Metrolink stop informationNewhey 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