Crumpsall tram stop

Crumpsall tram stop is a light rail station in the suburban area of Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

Crumpsall
Metrolink station
Crumpsall tram stop in January 2017, prior to the addition of the 3rd platform
General information
Location	Crumpsall, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53.51725°N 2.24102°W / 53.51725; -2.24102
Grid reference	SD841023
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1 September 1879 (1879-09-01)
Original company	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway British Rail
Key dates
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road to Monsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria  to Exchange Square to Shudehill
Location

Services

Crumpsall, along with the other Bury Line stations, closed as a heavy rail station in 1991 and reopened as a light rail station in 1992. The station forms part of Ticketing Zone 2 and is the stop for North Manchester General Hospital, which can be reached by connecting bus services. The station installed cycle lockers in July 2011.

Crumpsall serves as a Metrolink stop for both Altrincham to Bury services, and Bury to Piccadilly services. Services mostly run every 12 minutes on these two routes, resulting in a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Abraham Moss towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Bowker Vale towards Bury
Abraham Moss towards Piccadilly		Piccadilly–Bury

Refurbishment

In May 2015, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority released a report into the potential building of Metrolink's proposed Trafford Park line advising on the outlined plans and their financial implications. Approval to build the line was granted in October 2016.

A turnback facility is to be implemented to allow additional services. In July 2017, Transport for Greater Manchester and Metrolink announced that works would commence at Crumpsall tram stop in preparation for the new Trafford Park line joining the Metrolink network with an expected completion date of mid-2018.

In December 2017 works began at the station to build a third platform for trams to terminate on the Trafford Park Line. This also saw the construction of a new foot crossing at the bottom of the platforms, completed on 7 February 2018. The footbridge was then demolished two days later, meaning currently, the Manchester-bound platform is only accessible via the foot-crossing at the bottom of the Bury-bound platform, although the station's accessibility has not been compromised.

In the April 2019 Bank Holiday, a section of track was replaced with points south of the station, these points currently allow trams to cross from the north-bound line to the south-bound line and then across onto the track that will eventually lead into Platform 3.

Over the 2019 May Bank Holiday weekend (4 - 6 May), the Manchester bound platform was resurfaced, and the disabled access ‘tiles’ were added to the newly installed third platform at the stop. Two new waiting shelters were also installed on the south-end of platforms 2 & 3 with a new passenger information display and seating. The basic concrete foundations for the stair and ramp access to Crumpsall Lane from platform 3, has also been added.

Connecting bus services

Crumpsall is served by First Greater Manchester service 88, 89, 149 and 154.

External links

Media related to Crumpsall Metrolink station at Wikimedia Commons

• Metrolink stop information
• Crumpsall area map

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