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Dane Road Manchester Metrolink 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 RailwaysHistory Opened 20 July 1931 Closed 24 December 1991 Conversion to Metrolink operation 15 June 1992 Former name Dane Road (Sale) to Piccadilly and Bury Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Cornbrook to Eccles Trafford Bar to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport Old Trafford Stretford Dane Road Sale Brooklands Timperley Navigation Road Altrincham UK Trams portal
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
- ^ "GMPTE.com - Tram Times". GMPTE. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/tramtimes/. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- ^ "GMPTE - Maps - Manchester South". GMPTE. http://www.gmpte.com/pdfmaps/network/2_manchester_south.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
External links
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