Velopark tram stop

Velopark
Metrolink
Velopark tram stop in February 2013
Velopark Location of Velopark in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Clayton
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′57″N 2°11′33″W / 53.4824°N 2.1926°WCoordinates: 53°28′57″N 2°11′33″W / 53.4824°N 2.1926°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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Velopark is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013,^[2][3] after a three-day free trial for local residents.^[1] The stop was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located beside Manchester Velodrome, in Clayton, Manchester, England. During planning and construction phases, the stop was known as New East (for Velodrome) and as Sportcity-Velodrome.^[4]

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Velopark is directly served by Stagecoach Manchester bus services 216 and 231, which stops next to the station on Ashton New Road, with the 216 replicating the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, while the 231 runs between Manchester and Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw. M Travel service 188 also stops on Ashton New Road and runs between Manchester and Ryder Brow via Openshaw and Gorton.

Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which stops on Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge, while First Greater Manchester service 53 stops nearby on Alan Turing Way or Grey Mare Lane and runs between Cheetham Hill and Pendleton via Gorton, Rusholme and Old Trafford.^[5]

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. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

External links

• Velopark Stop Information
• Velopark 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