Holt Town tram stop

Holt Town
Metrolink station
Holt Town tram stop in May 2019.
General information
Location	Holt Town, Manchester England
Coordinates	53.48329°N 2.21205°W / 53.48329; -2.21205
Line(s)	East Manchester Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview) 11 February 2013(full)
Original company	Metrolink
Route map to Piccadilly Great Ancoats Street underpass (Inner Ring) 0:25 New Islington 0:23 Holt Town River Medlock 0:22 Etihad Campus Alan Turing Way underpass (Middle Ring) 0:20 Velopark Ashton Canal 0:17 Clayton Hall 0:14 Edge Lane 0:12 Cemetery Road 0:10 Droylsden 0:07 Audenshaw 0:05 Ashton Moss    M60  (Outer Ring Road) 0:02 Ashton West   0:00 Ashton-under-Lyne   ( Ashton-under-Lyne)
Location

Holt Town is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013, after a three-day free trial for local residents, as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion. It is beside the River Medlock in Holt Town, between Ancoats and Bradford.

Services

Holt Town tram stop, in February 2013

Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
New Islington towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Etihad Campus towards Ashton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
New Islington towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only)		Etihad Campus Terminus
New Islington towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)

Connecting bus routes

Holt Town is served by Stagecoach Manchester services 216 and 231, which both stop nearby on Ashton New Road. Service 216 replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, while the 231 runs from Manchester to Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw.

External links

• Holt Town Stop Information
• Holt Town area map
• Light Rail Transit Association

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