Derker tram stop

Derker
Metrolink
Derker tram stop, on its opening day
Derker Location of Derker in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Derker
Local authority	Oldham
Coordinates	53°32′59″N 2°06′06″W / 53.5498°N 2.1016°WCoordinates: 53°32′59″N 2°06′06″W / 53.5498°N 2.1016°W
Grid reference	SD933058
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	British Rail
History
Opened	1985
Closed as rail station	3 October 2009
Conversion to Metrolink operation	16 December 2012[1]
Oldham and Rochdale Line Rochdale Town Centre Rochdale Railway Station Newbold Kingsway Business Park Milnrow Newhey Shaw and Crompton Derker Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham King Street Westwood Freehold South Chadderton Hollinwood Failsworth Newton Heath and Moston Central Park Monsall to Queens Road Depot to Bury Manchester Victoria  to Exchange Square to Ashton-under-Lyne
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Derker is a stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 16 December 2012 and is located in the Derker area of Oldham, England.

History

Derker railway station was opened, initially on an experimental basis, on 30 August 1985^[2] by British Rail to replace Royton Junction station, ½ mile further along the line.

The station closed on 3 October 2009, was converted to light rail, and re-opened as Derker Metrolink station on 16 December 2012. The station is served by a 254 space Park and Ride car park, which is immediately adjacent to the station and is accessed from Cromford Street.^[1]

Services

Services run mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Destination 1	Destination 2	Operator	Service	Stop Location
410[3]	Circular via Higginshaw, Oldham , Glodwick, Roxbury, Clarksfield, Greenacres, Waterhead, Littlemoor, Derker	N/A	MCT	Mon-Sat Daytime	Yates Street
411[4]	Circular via Derker, Littlemoor, Waterhead, Greenacres, Clarksfield, Roxbury, Glodwick, Oldham , Higginshaw	N/A	MCT	Mon-Sat Daytime	Yates Street
58[5]	Rochdale via Shaw and Crompton , Newhey , Milnrow , Firgrove, Newbold	Middleton via Oldham , Chadderton, Mills Hill	First	Mon-Sat Daytime	Shaw Road
59[6]	Rushcroft via Shaw and Crompton	Manchester via Oldham , Chadderton, Mills Hill , Middleton, Bowker Vale , Cheetham Hill	First	Daytime & Evening	Shaw Road

^[7]

References

1. Kirby, Dean (12 December 2012). "Shaw and Crompton Metrolink trams start this Sunday". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
2. Alan Bevan, ed. (1998). A—Z of Rail Reopenings. Railway Development Society. Warwick: Warwick Printing Company. ISBN 0-901283-13-4.
3. http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/410.pdf
4. http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/411.pdf
5. http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/58.pdf
6. http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/59.pdf
7. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Derker area map

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