Sale
Metrolink station
Sale is one of the network’s converted heavy-rail stations
General information
Location	M33 7XY Sale,Trafford England
Coordinates	53°25′27″N2°19′09″W / 53.42425°N 2.31907°W /53.42425; -2.31907
Grid reference	SJ788919
Line(s)	Altrincham Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	20 July 1849
Previous names	Sale Moor (1856) Sale & Ashton on Mersey (1883)
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
1931	Renamed
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

Sale is atram stop on theAltrincham Line of theMetrolink light-rail system inSale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this, it was a railway station on theManchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) line. It was built byJohn Brogden, who was a local builder in the Sale area.

The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the MSJAR. Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. It closed as aBritish Rail station on 24 December 1991 and reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Sale tram stop briefly appears during the opening titles ofPro Evolution Soccer 2, which was released in 2002.^[1]

Sale is on the Altrincham Line, with trams towardsAltrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays. Trams also head towards Manchester andBury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each toEtihad Campus or Bury, while evening and Sunday journeys run to Etihad Campus only, with journeys toBury requiring a change of trams atPiccadilly Gardens.^[2]

• 10 trams per hour to Altrincham (5 off-peak)
• 5 trams per hour to Bury (peak only)
• 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly

As of January 2019, Sale is located in Metrolink ticket zone 3.^[3]

Sale tram stop is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside and some stopping around the town centre.^[4]

Services that stop outside the station:

• Arriva North West services 18, 19 and 281 to Eccles (18) / Altrincham (19, 281)
• Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network) service 41 toMiddleton viaNorthenden andFallowfield,Manchester city centre,Cheetham Hill andNorth Manchester General Hospital.

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013).Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 95-96.ISBN 9781908174512.OCLC 892704846.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toSale Metrolink station.

• Sale Stop Information
• Sale area map
• Sale Tram Stop Map

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Brooklands towardsAltrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Dane Road towardsBury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Dane Road towardsPiccadilly
Disused railways
Altrincham Line and station open		Cheshire Lines Committee Mid-Cheshire Line		Manchester Central 1880–1969 Line and station closed
		BR (London Midland Region) Mid-Cheshire Line		Manchester Oxford Road 1969–89 Line closed, station open

• Tram stops in Trafford
• Former Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992
• Sale, Greater Manchester
• 1849 establishments in England
• Tram stops on the Altrincham – Piccadilly/Etihad Campus route
• Tram stops on the Altrincham – Bury route

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