Dane Road Metrolink station

Dane Road Metrolink station
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Manchester Metrolink
Dane Road railway station in 1988
Dane Road railway station in 1988
Location
Place Sale
Local authority Trafford
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone F
Operations
Original operator MSJAR
Post-grouping company LMS/LNER
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 20 July 1931
Closed 24 December 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation 15 June 1992
Former name Dane Road (Sale)
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Dane Road station is located on Dane Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. The station is in Ticketing Zone F.

Contents

History

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.. 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, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Bury via Manchester Piccadilly.[1]

Service Pattern

  • 10 tph to Altrincham
  • 5 tph to Piccadilly
  • 5 tph to Bury

Connecting bus routes

Dane Road station is not served by any bus service with the nearest service being Arriva North West service 99, which stop further along Dane Road and runs to Sale and to Manchester via Northenden.[2]

References

External links

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Altrincham
Altrincham - Bury Line
towards Bury
Altrincham - Piccadilly Line
towards Piccadilly

Coordinates: 53°25′49″N 2°18′41″W / 53.4304°N 2.31125°W / 53.4304; -2.31125