Chorlton Metrolink station

Chorlton Metrolink station
Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Chorlton
Manchester Metrolink
Chorlton Metrolink station - 2011-07-16.jpg
The rebuilt station, shortly after opening
Location
Place Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Local authority City of Manchester
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone P
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping company London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 1 January 1880
Closed 2 January 1967
Conversion to Metrolink operation 7 July 2011
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Chorlton Metrolink station is a Manchester Metrolink station built on the former Cheshire Lines Committee line. The station is one of the first stations opened as part of Phase 3A of the Big Bang extension plans and is built on the site of the former railway station. The Metrolink station opened on 7 July 2011.[1]

Contents

History

Railway station

The station opened as Chorlton-cum-Hardy on 1 January 1880 and closed on 2 January 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe,[2] though the line remained open to freight until the 1980s. Until the mid-20th century the station yard supplied coal to the district.[3] Land to the north-east of the track originally acquired for the purpose of doubling it was eventually sold off for development.

Chorlton station was mentioned in the 1964 song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann, which was written to lament the loss of stations during the Beeching cuts:

“ No churns, no porter, no cat on a seat,
At Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chester-le-Street.		 ”

Chorlton station was subsequently demolished and a Morrisons (originally Safeway) supermarket and car-park built in its place. The track bed itself remained extant to the side of the supermarket: indeed one of the platforms survived next to the Supermarket building. The trackbed leaving the site in the direction of the former Alexandra Park railway station and Fallowfield railway station beyond the junction was converted to a cycle path managed by Sustrans, whilst northwards the way had become overgrown.

Manchester Metrolink station

Proposals to link Chorlton to a light rail system have been put forward since the 1980s,[4] but remained unfunded until recently. The line extension which was originally proposed would take over the disused tracks of the Cheshire Lines Committee as far as East Didsbury.

In 2006, it was announced that the first phase of the "Big Bang" Metrolink expansion project (Phase 3A) would go ahead, including the extension of the network as far St Werburgh's Road.[5] Following the rejection of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund in a public referendum in 2008, extension of the line as East Didsbury (Phase 3B) will now go ahead with funding from national and local government.[6][7][8]

Construction of the line began in April 2009 and the new line became operational in July 2011.[1]

Services

Chorlton is located on the South Manchester Line with trams towards Victoria and St Werburgh's Road running every 12 minutes Monday-Saturdays and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday early mornings and evenings.[9] Service will increase from 12 minutes to 6 minutes once the line to Central Park, Oldham Mumps and Rochdale opens. Services will extend from St Werburgh's Road to East Didsbury in 2013 and additional services will run between the city centre and Manchester Airport in 2016.

Service Pattern

  • 5 tph to Victoria
  • 5 tph to St Werburgh's Road

Gallery

  • The derelict station awaiting redevelopment

  • 1914 map of South Manchester railways

  • Metrolink construction work on the line near Chorlton

  • Map of the planned South Manchester line extensions

  • October 2010

References

  1. ^ a b "Metrolink's new Chorlton line opens for business". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.tfgm.com/2009_news.cfm?news_id=9007167?submenuheader=3. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Price, Bevan; Wright, Paul (16 May 2009). "Disused Stations Site Record: Chorlton-cum-Hardy". http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/c/chorlton_cum_hardy/index.shtml. Retrieved 10 December 2009. 
  3. ^ Burton, Nick (ed.) (199-) Chorlton cum Hardy and Stretford, 1905. (Old Ordnance Survey maps. Lancashire sheet 111.10) Gateshead: Alan Godfrey (includes historical survey and extracts from Slater's directory, 1910)
  4. ^ Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (1984), Light Rapid Transit in Greater Manchester, GMPTE  - publicity brochure
  5. ^ "Metrolink extension is announced". BBC News. 2006-07-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5152948.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  6. ^ Linton, Deborah (2009-05-13). "£1.4bn transport deal unveiled". Manchester Evening News. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1115242_14bn_transport_deal_unveiled. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  7. ^ "Tram line extension is approved". BBC News. 2009-05-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8047020.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  8. ^ "Metrolink: back on track?". BBC Manchester. 2009-05-13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2009/05/13/130509_metrolink_map_plan_b_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  9. ^ "Metrolink - Tram Times". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/tramtimes/. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-508-1

External links

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink Manchester Metrolink   Following station
Terminus
 St Werburgh's Road - Victoria Line
Firswood
towards Victoria
    Under Construction    
towards East Didsbury
 South Manchester Line
Firswood
towards Victoria
Manchester Airport Line
Firswood
towards
Disused railways
Manchester Central
Line and station closed		   Great Central Railway
Fallowfield Loop		   Wilbraham Road
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
South District Railway		   Withington and West Didsbury
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 53°26′38″N 2°16′23″W / 53.444°N 2.273°W / 53.444; -2.273


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