Dane Road tram stop
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Metrolink | |
![]() Dane Road tram stop in 2010
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Location of Dane Road in Greater Manchester
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Location | |
Place | Sale |
Local authority | Trafford |
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Grid reference | SJ793926 |
Platforms | 2 |
Fare zone information | |
Metrolink Zone | F |
Present status | In operation |
Operations | |
Original operator | MSJAR |
Post-grouping company | MSJAR London Midland Region of British Railways |
History | |
Opened | 20 July 1931 |
Closed as rail station | 24 December 1991 |
Conversion to Metrolink operation | 15 June 1992 |
Former name | Dane Road (Sale) |
UK Trams portal |
Dane Road is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located on Dane Road in northern Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion.
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History
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The station originally opened on 20 July 1931 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Referred to as Dane Road (Sale) on early tickets, timetables etc..[citation needed] Operated as a four-platform station from opening until 1963. Closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991. Reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.
Services
Dane Road is located on the Altrincham Line with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Manchester Piccadilly or Bury, whilst usually during evening and Sundays journeys run to Piccadilly only with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.[1] However, due to the current reconstruction at Victoria, all Sunday services are running to Bury, with a change at St Peter's Square necessary to reach Piccadilly.
Service pattern
- 10 trams per hour to Altrincham
- 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
- 5 trams per hour to Deansgate-Castlefield
Connecting bus routes
Dane Road station is not served by any bus service with the nearest service being Finglands/Stagecoach Manchester service 99, which stop further along Dane Road and runs to Sale and to Manchester via Northenden.[2]
References
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External links
Preceding station | 15px Manchester Metrolink | Following station | ||
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towards Altrincham
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Altrincham – Deansgate-Castlefield Line
Monday to Saturday peak only
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towards Deansgate-Castlefield
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Altrincham – Etihad Campus Line |
towards Etihad Campus
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towards Altrincham
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Altrincham – Deansgate-Castlefield Line |
towards Deansgate-Castlefield
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- Pages with reference errors
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- Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013
- Tram stops in Trafford
- Former Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway stations
- Tram stops on the Altrincham to Bury line
- Railway stations opened in 1931
- Railway stations closed in 1991
- Railway stations opened in 1992
- Tram stops on the Altrincham to Piccadilly line
- Sale, Greater Manchester