Robinswood Road tram stop

Robinswood Road is a tram stop for Phase 3b of the Manchester Metrolink. It opened on 3 November 2014.^[1] and is on the Airport Line on Simonsway at the junction of Brownley Road and Ruddpark Road,^[2] with Manchester Airport-bound services stopping to the left of the junction and Manchester-bound services stopping to the right. For a brief period during construction, it appeared the stop would simply be named "Robinswood". Its up and down platforms are staggered (one on each side of a side road) and not opposite each other.

Robinswood Road
Metrolink station
General information
Location	Wythenshawe, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53.37639°N 2.25859°W / 53.37639; -2.25859
Line(s)	Airport Line
Platforms	2 (staggered platforms)
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	2014
Route map Legend to St Werburgh's Road to Withington 0:31 Barlow Moor Road River Mersey 0:28 Sale Water Park  M60  0:25 Northern Moor 0:22 Wythenshawe Park 0:20 Moor Road Mid-Cheshire Line 0:18 Baguley 0:17 Roundthorn 0:16 Martinscroft  M56  0:12 Benchill 0:11 Crossacres 0:09 Wythenshawe Town Centre 0:07 Robinswood Road 0:06 Peel Hall 0:04 Shadowmoss 0:00 Manchester Airport This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Services

Trams run every 12 minutes north to Manchester Victoria and south to Manchester Airport.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Peel Hall towards Manchester Airport		Manchester Airport–Victoria		Wythenshawe Town Centre towards Victoria

Page 25 of a 2010 Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority report for resolution deemed the stop as non essential.^[3]

The Robinswood stop site provides little additional catchment along Robinswood Road south of Simonsway, in addition to the catchment provided by the stops at Woodhouse Park, Peel Hall, Wythenshawe Town Centre and Shadowmoss. However, as noted above one of either Crossacres or Robinswood should be retained to maintain access for the Brownley Road properties. 26 2.13. The removal of either Crossacres or Robinswood stop would improve the value for money for the scheme as a whole and improve journey times without having a detrimental impact on the number of passengers.

It suggested a saving of £1.2 million could have been made by removing the stop from the scheme without any detriment to future income. The stop is within a couple of minutes walk of the Wythenshawe Town Centre stop and the Peel Hall stop.^{[citation needed]}

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

Ticket zones

Robinswood Road stop is located in Metrolink ticket zone 4.^[5]

References

1. "Metrolink - Airport line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
2. "Metrolink - Robinswood Road station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
3. "Greater Manchester Transport Fund – Metrolink Phase 3B Delivery Programme and Financial Strategy Update" (PDF). GMITA. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
4. "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
5. "Metrolink ticket zones map". TfGM. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Robinswood Road area map
• Light Rail Transit Association
• Airport route map