Velopark tram stop

Manchester Metrolink tram stop

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to Piccadilly
Great Ancoats Street (Inner Ring Rd.)
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New Islington
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Holt Town
River Medlock
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Etihad Campus
Alan Turing Way (Middle Ring Rd.)
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Velopark
Ashton Canal
0:17
Clayton Hall
0:14
Edge Lane
0:12
Cemetery Road
0:10
Droylsden
0:07
Audenshaw
0:05
Ashton Moss  Parking
 M60  (Outer Ring Rd.)
0:02
Ashton West  Parking
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Ashton-under-Lyne  Bicycle facilities (National Rail
Ashton-under-Lyne)
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Velopark is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013,[2][3] after a three-day free trial for local residents.[1] The stop was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located beside Manchester Velodrome, in Clayton, Manchester, England. During planning and construction phases, the stop was known as New East (for Velodrome) and as Sportcity-Velodrome.[4]

Services

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City Centre and North
Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink
Main line services

to Rochdale
to Oldham
Moston
Newton Heath
to Bury
Newton Heath
and Moston
Bowker Vale
to Tameside
Crumpsall
Clayton Bridge
Abraham Moss
Park
Woodlands Road
to Tameside
Queens Road
Central Park
Monsall
Edge Lane
Miles Platting
Clayton Hall
Velopark
Oldham Road
Holt Town
Manchester Victoria
Etihad Campus
Exchange
New Islington
to Ordsall Chord
and to Salford
Ardwick
Shudehill
Ashburys
High Street
Manchester
Piccadilly
Mayfield
Market Street
Piccadilly
Gardens
to South Manchester
Exchange Square
Gorton
Mosley Street
Manchester Oxford Road
St Peter's Square
to Belle Vue
Manchester
Central
Deansgate-
Castlefield
Deansgate
Liverpool Road
to Hyde Road
to Ordsall Chord
and to Salford
to Tameside
Cornbrook
Cornbrook
Pomona
to Eccles
Trafford Bar
to Trafford
to Trafford
Firswood
to Altrincham
to Chorlton

Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.

Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
Etihad Campus
towards Eccles
Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Clayton Hall
Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)

Connecting bus routes

Velopark is directly served by Stagecoach Manchester bus services 216 and 231, which stops next to the station on Ashton New Road, with the 216 replicating the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, while the 231 runs between Manchester and Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw. M Travel service 188 also stops on Ashton New Road and runs between Manchester and Ryder Brow via Openshaw and Gorton.

Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which stops on Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge, while Go North West service 53 stops nearby on Alan Turing Way or Grey Mare Lane and runs between Cheetham Hill and Pendleton via Gorton, Rusholme and Old Trafford.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "It's the final countdown". Transport for Greater Manchester. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Kirby, Dean (4 December 2012). "Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Droylsden's new Metrolink line to open in February". Transport for Greater Manchester. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Construction work on track" (PDF). The Link (3). TfGM: 4. Retrieved 26 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

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  • Velopark Stop Information
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Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
Etihad Campus
towards Eccles
Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Clayton Hall
Etihad Campus
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
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Piccadilly Spur (1992)
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