Ashton West tram stop

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Ashton West
Ashton West
Metrolink station
	Ashton West tram stop, on day of opening.
General information
Location	Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside; England
Coordinates	53°29′25″N 2°06′35″W / 53.49026°N 2.10972°W
Grid reference	SJ928993
Line(s)	East Manchester Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	9 October 2013
Original company	Metrolink
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Location

Ashton West is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located on Lord Sheldon Way near the Ashton Moss leisure complex, in western Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England.^[2] The stop opened on 9 October 2013,^[1] ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.^[3] The stop primarily serves the aforementioned leisure and retail complex, and is also the closest to the Tameside Stadium, home of Curzon Ashton F.C.

The stop is one of the least used on the Metrolink network.^[4]

Services[edit]

Railway lines in Tameside

to Oldham

to Saddleworth

Micklehurst Loop

Micklehurst

Oldham Road

Staley and Millbrook

Manchester Lines North

to Manchester Victoria

Droylsden

Stalybridge

Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton West

Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton Moss

Metrolink | L&NWR

Ashton Park Parade

Audenshaw

Dukinfield and Ashton

Droylsden

Dukinfield Central

Cemetery Road

Metrolink

to Manchester Piccadilly

Guide Bridge

Hooley Hill

Fairfield

Manchester Lines South

to Hyde Road

Flowery Field

Manchester Lines North

to Manchester Piccadilly

to Stockport

to Marple

to Glossop & Hadfield

Services are every 12 minutes on all routes.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Ashton Moss towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Ashton-under-Lyne Terminus
Ashton Moss towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)		Ashton-under-Lyne Terminus

Gallery[edit]

A M5000 tram having just left Ashton West
Ashton West tram station at twilight, in the direction of Ashton-under-Lyne in October 2016.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that..." Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ "Metrolink - Ashton West station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^ "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
^ "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

External links[edit]

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Ashton Moss towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Ashton-under-Lyne Terminus
Ashton Moss towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Ashton-under-Lyne Terminus

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[date_tweet-1] "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that..." Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

[2] "Metrolink - Ashton West station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

[EastMan-3] "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

[TfGM-4] "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

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