Trafford Bar
General information
Location	Old Trafford,Trafford England
Coordinates	53°27′42″N2°16′39″W / 53.46169°N 2.27740°W /53.46169; -2.27740
Grid reference	SJ816961
System	Manchester Metrolink tram stop
Operated by	KeolisAmey Metrolink
Line	Altrincham Line
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In service
Station code	TRA
Fare zone	2
Website	Trafford Bar tram stop
History
Opened	15 June 1992; 33 years ago (1992-06-15) (Metrolink)
Pre-grouping	Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Post-grouping	British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
20 July 1849	Opened as Old Trafford
25 December 1991	Closed for Metrolink conversion
15 June 1992	Reopened as Trafford Bar
Passengers
2019/20	1.782 million
2020/21	0.298 million
2021/22	0.823 million
2022/23	1.059 million
2023/24	1.191 million
Route map Legend toSt Peter's Square 0:21 Deansgate-Castlefield (Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal 0:18 Cornbrook toPomona CLC Liverpool–Manchester line 0:15 Trafford Bar toFirswood 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

Trafford Bar is aManchester Metrolinktram stop inOld Trafford,Greater Manchester, at the road junction of Talbot Road and Seymour Grove. It is on the Altrincham Line and in fare Zone 2. This stop is near toWhite City Retail Park, andOld Trafford Cricket Ground (althoughOld Trafford is the nearest tram stop). This station was opened to Metrolink on 15 June 1992, after previously being a railway station.

The original mainline station was opened as Old Trafford on 20 July 1849 by theManchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJ&AR).

For conversion to Metrolink, the station and the line through toAltrincham closed after the last trains on 24 December 1991. To avoid confusion for passengers travelling toOld Trafford Football Ground andOld Trafford Cricket Ground, for the Metrolink,Warwick Road station (which was closer to the two grounds) was renamed "Old Trafford", andOld Trafford station was renamed to "Trafford Bar". They both reopened as Metrolink tram stops on 15 June 1992.

Though Trafford Bar is not the closest tram stop to the two grounds, it is frequently used during events or match-days by fans, as this station is connected to more line and is easier to reach thanOld Trafford andWharfside, the nearest stops. Since the opening of the lines to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport, Trafford Bar has been used more at times like these.^[1]

Trafford Bar tram stop today has steps and step-free access ramps down to both platforms. This station also provides interchange with theAltrincham andSouth Manchester lines, however, there is no track level crossing at the stop, meaning switching platforms requires passengers to exit the station and walk around, so it is recommended by the Metrolink to useCornbrook instead.

Two dot matrixpassenger information displays stand serving one platform each, and show estimated arrival times for trams in minutes up to 30 minutes prior (up to three at a time) and number of carriages.

Every route across the Manchester Metrolink network operates to a 12-minuteheadway (5tph) Monday–Saturday, and to a 15-minute headway (4tph) on Sundays andbank holidays. Sections served by a second "peak only" route will have a combined headway of 6 minutes duringpeak times, though headways don't combine for separate routes.

Trafford Bar is located in Zone 2, and the stop itself has two platforms which aren't named. Services that depart from the inbound platform (northernmost) are shown under "Following station" in the table below. Outbound platform (southernmost) departures are under "Preceding station".

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Firswood towardsEast Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Cornbrook towardsRochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Cornbrook towardsShaw and Crompton
Firswood towardsManchester Airport		Manchester Airport–Victoria		Cornbrook towardsVictoria
Old Trafford towardsAltrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Cornbrook towardsBury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Cornbrook towardsPiccadilly
		Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only)		Cornbrook towardsEtihad Campus

It is served nearby byGo North West service 53 toPendleton viaSalford Quays and toCheetham Hill via the universities,Rusholme,Gorton andHarpurhey.

Stagecoach service 250 toTrafford Centre,Stagecoach service 255 to Partington viaStretford andUrmston,Stagecoach service 256 to Flixton via Stretford,Arriva service 263 toAltrincham Interchange via Stretford andSale.All these services run toPiccadilly Gardens.^[2][3]

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013).Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 102-104.ISBN 9781908174512.OCLC 892704846.

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