Cornbrook tram stop

Cornbrook
Metrolink
A M5000 at Cornbrook tram stop
Cornbrook Location of Cornbrook in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	St George's
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′12″N 2°16′03″W / 53.4700°N 2.2675°WCoordinates: 53°28′12″N 2°16′03″W / 53.4700°N 2.2675°W
Grid reference	SJ823971
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	A
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	6 December 1999 (For interchange only) 3 September 2005 (For entry and exit)
Altrincham Line to Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Cornbrook to Eccles Trafford Bar to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport Old Trafford Stretford Dane Road Sale Brooklands Timperley Navigation Road Altrincham
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Cornbrook tram stop is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system in the St George's area of Manchester. It is an interchange station, allowing passenger transfer between the network's Altrincham, Eccles, Airport and South Manchester lines. The station opened on 6 December 1999 for line transfers and allowed street-level entry and exit to the public from 3 September 2005. It takes its name from Cornbrook Road, between the A56 and Pomona Docks on the Manchester Ship Canal, and was built on what was a Cheshire Lines Committee route to Manchester Central railway station.

History

The stop opened with the Eccles extension on 6 December 1999 with two through platforms and a Manchester facing bay platform for terminating trams. Cornbrook was unique when opened as there was no access to/from the street, the stop being used for transfer between Bury-Altrincham line trams and Eccles Line trams. Due to security issues and a low estimated usage.

Because of a rise in the local population due to new residential developments, particularly on Ellesmere Street, the stop's emergency exit staircase to the street was converted into a full passenger entrance/exit, which opened on 3 September 2005. There are plans to relocate the entrance as part of the "Cornbrook Hub" redevelopment.^[1]

During August 2009, the track layout was extensively remodelled to accommodate the MediaCityUK tram service and as a result the track was removed from the bay platform reducing the number of platforms to 2. However the infrastructure remains and the platform could be reinstated if the need arises.

This is the second station in this locality as Cornbrook railway station was opened to serve Pomona Gardens on the south side of Cornbrook Road on 1 June 1856 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), which runs parallel to the Metrolink at this point. The first station closed on 31 May 1865.

Services

Service pattern

• 5 trams per hour to Deansgate-Castlefield with single trams
• 10 trams per hour to Altrincham with some double trams
• 5 trams per hour to East Didsbury with double trams in the peak
• 5 trams per hour to Eccles via MediaCityUK with double trams
• 10 trams per hour to Piccadilly with double trams
• 5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport with single trams

Connecting bus routes

Cornbrook station is served by bus services on nearby Chester Road. Stagecoach Manchester/Arriva North West service 84 runs to Reddish via Chorlton, West Didsbury and East Didsbury and Stagecoach service 255 runs to Partington via Stretford and Urmston. Both services run to Manchester, terminating at Piccadilly Gardens.^[2]

References

1. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/21225/cornbrook_regeneration_framework_november_2013
2. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Cornbrook Stop Information
• Cornbrook area map
• More photos of this station

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