Etihad Campus tram stop

Etihad Campus
Metrolink
The stop in February 2013
Etihad Campus Location of Etihad Campus in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Etihad Campus/Sportcity
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°29′07″N 2°12′01″W / 53.4853°N 2.2002°WCoordinates: 53°29′07″N 2°12′01″W / 53.4853°N 2.2002°W
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	A
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview)[1] 11 February 2013 (full)[2][3]
East Manchester Line to Rochdale Town Centre  Manchester Piccadilly  New Islington Holt Town Etihad Campus Velopark Clayton Hall Edge Lane Cemetery Road Droylsden Audenshaw Ashton Moss   Ashton West   Ashton-under-Lyne
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Etihad Campus is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station is located adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium (also known as the Etihad Stadium).

Initially intended to be known as Sportcity-Stadium, after the Sportcity area it serves, the proposal was changed following the announcement of Manchester City's Etihad Campus project.^[4] The station opened on 11 February 2013,^[2][3] after a three-day free trial for local residents.^[1] The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion.^[5]

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Additional trams and double trams run at events such as football matches and concerts at the nearby Etihad Stadium. A stabling siding to accommodate waiting trams prior to the event finishing has been constructed to allow quicker transportation of people following the conclusion of such events.

References

1. "It's the final countdown". Transport for Greater Manchester. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
2. Kirby, Dean (4 December 2012). "Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
3. "Droylsden’s new Metrolink line to open in February". Transport for Greater Manchester. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
4. "Construction work on track" (PDF). The Link (TfGM) (3): 4. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
5. "Metrolink - Etihad Campus" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

External links

• Etihad Campus Stop Information
• Etihad Campus area map
• Light Rail Transit Association

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City Centre and North: Past, Present and Future  Manchester Metrolink Main Line services   to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath Newton Heath and Moston to Bury Bowker Vale Crumpsall to Tameside Abraham Moss Clayton Bridge Woodlands Road Park Queens Road Central Park Monsall to Tameside Miles Platting Edge Lane Clayton Hall Oldham Road Velopark Manchester Victoria Holt Town Exchange to Salford Etihad Campus New Islington Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street; Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street; Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central ; Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook to Salford Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton