Holt Town tram stop

Manchester Metrolink tram stop

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to Piccadilly
Great Ancoats Street (Inner Ring Rd.)
0:25
New Islington
0:23
Holt Town
River Medlock
0:22
Etihad Campus
Alan Turing Way (Middle Ring Rd.)
0:20
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
0:00
Ashton-under-Lyne  Bicycle facilities (National Rail
Ashton-under-Lyne)
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Holt Town is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013, after a three-day free trial for local residents, as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion.[1][2][3] It is beside the River Medlock in Holt Town, between Ancoats and Bradford.[4]

Services

Holt Town tram stop, in February 2013

Services run every 12 minutes on each route.

Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
New Islington
towards Eccles
Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Etihad Campus
Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
New Islington
towards Altrincham
Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only) Etihad Campus
Terminus
New Islington
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)

Connecting bus routes

Holt Town is served by Stagecoach Manchester services 216 and 231, which both stop nearby on Ashton New Road. Service 216 replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, while the 231 runs from Manchester to Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw.[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". Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. 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. ^ "Metrolink - Holt Town station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  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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