Woodlands Road
Woodlands Road tram stop in 2009
General information
Location	Cheetham Hill,Manchester England
Coordinates	53°30′29″N2°13′57″W / 53.5081°N 2.2326°W /53.5081; -2.2326
Grid reference	SD846013
System	Metrolink station
Line	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	3 March 1913 (1913-03-03)
Closed	16 December 2013
Previous names	Woodlands Road Halt
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail
Key dates
After 1923	Renamed
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map Legend 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road toMonsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria  toExchange Square toShudehill This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Woodlands Road was atram stop on theBury Line of theMetrolink system in theCheetham Hill area of northManchester, England. It opened in 1913 as aheavy rail station and closed for conversion tolight rail in 1991, opening with the new Metrolink system in 1992.

Woodlands Road was the closest station to theManchester Museum of Transport on Boyle Street. Two new stations opened nearby, (Abraham Moss andQueens Road), which led to the closure of the stop on 16 December 2013.^[1]

The original railway line was opened in 1879 by theLancashire and Yorkshire Railway between Manchester Victoria and Bury.^[2] Woodlands Road,Bowker Vale andBesses o' th' Barn stations were added to the line in 1913, in an attempt to fend off growing electric tramway competition in the Cheetham Hill area. The original halt had wooden platforms. The site is near the vanished junction of a former branch line to the chemical works inBlackley.

The UK Government announced that £4 million from theCommunity Infrastructure Fund was awarded to build two new stops on the Bury Metrolink line. This was part of £30 million allocated to transport projects to support thousands of extra homes being built across the country over the coming months. The Chairman of theGreater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, Councillor Keith Whitmore, stated that the funding would help realise a long-held ambition to open new Metrolink stops in the area.

The two new stops were:

• Abraham Moss (opened 2011), situated close to theAbraham Moss Centre, the library and leisure centre and theCity College Manchester; it is located approximately 0.18 miles (0.29 km)as the crow flies from Woodlands Road station.
• Queens Road (opened 2013), providing a closer stop to the Museum of Transport. The site is close to the Queens Road tram depot and there was a small tram halt there for Metrolink staff only, which was replaced by a full passenger station. The station opened on 16 December 2013.^[3][4]

These two new tram stops replaced Woodlands Road station, which was closed on 16 December 2013, despite receiving some opposition from local residents who had campaigned to retain the station.

Woodlands Road was located on the Bury Line with trams towards Bury stopping every 6 minutes between 9:59 am and 4 pm, Mondays to Fridays.^[5] with no weekend or evening service. This was due to the opening of the nearbyAbraham Moss Metrolink station further north along the Bury line.^[6]

Woodlands Road was a Metrolink station that was not served by any bus service. The nearest bus services were the 151, 156 and 165 on Hazelbottom Road or Smedley Road and the 88, 89 and 135 on Cheetham Hill Road.^[7]

• "Fight continues for Metrolink station".The Railway Magazine. Vol. 159, no. 1345. Horncastle: Mortons Media Group. May 2013. p. 95.ISSN 0033-8923.OCLC 750645684.

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Victoria towardsAshton-under-Lyne		Bury – Ashton-under-Lyne

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