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Stretford
Metrolink station
Stretford tram stop in January 2017.
General information
Location	Stretford, Trafford England
Coordinates	53°26′46″N 2°18′14″W / 53.44600°N 2.30384°W / 53.44600; -2.30384
Grid reference	SJ799944
Line(s)	Altrincham Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2/3
History
Opened	20 July 1849
Previous names	Edge Lane
Original company	MSJAR
Pre-grouping	MSJAR
Post-grouping	MSJAR London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
24 December 1991	Closed as a rail station
15 June 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
September 1849	Renamed
Route map Legend to St Peter's Square 0:21 Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal 0:18 Cornbrook to Pomona CLC Liverpool–Manchester line 0:15 Trafford Bar to Firswood 0:13 Old Trafford 0:11 Stretford River Mersey  M60  0:08 Dane Road 0:07 Sale 0:06 Brooklands 0:04 Timperley 0:02 Navigation Road 0:00 Altrincham This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Stretford is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It is located in Stretford, on the corner of Chester Road and Edge Lane. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion.

The stop was formerly Stretford railway station, a regional rail station which was opened by the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) as Edge Lane railway station on 20 July 1849, was renamed to Stretford in September 1849, and closed on 24 December 1991 for conversion from heavy rail to light rail.

Facilities

There is a large car park for the tram stop on the Manchester-bound platform. Each platform has ticket machines, a waiting shelter and a dot-matrix indicator on each platform. There is step-free access for both platforms from Edge Lane and both platforms have a touch-in/out point. There is a bike rack at the station. There is a road bridge over the tracks. This is the only route from one platform to the other.

History

The station originally opened as Edge Lane on 20 July 1849 by the MSJAR (not to be confused with Edge Lane tram stop), and was renamed Stretford in September 1849. The station operated as a four-platform station from circa 1900 until 1963. Stretford closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991 for conversion to Metrolink, and reopened for Metrolink services on 15 June 1992.

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Some routes (as indicated) only operate during peak times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Dane Roadtowards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Old Traffordtowards Bury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Old Traffordtowards Piccadilly

Connecting bus routes

The station is served by:

• Stagecoach Manchester service 15, which runs to Flixton via Urmston and Davyhulme and to Manchester via Hulme.
• Stagecoach services 23/23A to the Trafford Centre and to Stockport via Chorlton.
• M Travel service 276, which runs to Trafford General Hospital via Urmston and to West Didsbury via Chorlton.

There are also several services which stop at nearby Stretford Mall, which can connect onto the Metrolink at Stretford.

References

1. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 98-99. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.

External links

Media related to Stretford Metrolink station at Wikimedia Commons

• Stretford Stop Information
• Stretford area map
• Visit North West Stretford tram stop information

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