Cornbrook tram stop

Cornbrook tram stop is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system in the Cornbrook area of Manchester, England. It is an interchange station, allowing passenger transfer between the network's Altrincham, Eccles, Airport, Trafford Park and South Manchester lines. The station opened on 6 December 1999 for interchange (line transfers) only and allowed street-level entry and exit to the public from 3 September 2005. It takes its name from Cornbrook Road, between the A56 and Pomona Docks on the Manchester Ship Canal, and was built on what was a Cheshire Lines Committee route to Manchester Central railway station. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.^[1]

Cornbrook
Metrolink station
General information
Location	Cornbrook, Manchester England
Coordinates	53.4700°N 2.2675°W / 53.4700; -2.2675
Grid reference	SJ823971
Line(s)	Altrincham Line Eccles Line
Platforms	2 (island)
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	1/2
History
Original company	Manchester Metrolink
Key dates
6 December 1999	Opened (for interchange only)
3 September 2005	Opened (for entry and exit)
Route map Legend to Bury to Oldham & Rochdale Zone 1 Victoria Shudehill Exchange Square Market Street Piccadilly Gardens St Peter's Square Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) New Islington Cornbrook to Ashton- under-Lyne stop in both Zone 1 and 2   to MediaCityUK, Eccles & The Trafford Centre Trafford Bar to Altrincham to East Didsbury & Manchester Airport This diagram: view talk edit
Location

History

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

The stop is named after the now culverted Corn Brook, a tributary of the River Irwell which runs through the area.^[2]

The stop opened with the Eccles extension on 6 December 1999 with two through platforms and a Manchester facing bay platform for terminating trams. Cornbrook was unique when opened as there was no access to/from the street, the stop being used for transfer between Bury-Altrincham line trams and Eccles Line trams. This was due to security issues and a low estimated usage.

Because of a rise in the local population due to new residential developments, particularly on Ellesmere Street, the stop's emergency exit staircase to the street was converted into a full passenger entrance/exit, which opened on 3 September 2005. There are plans to relocate the entrance as part of the "Cornbrook Hub" redevelopment.^[3]

During August 2009, the track layout was extensively remodelled to accommodate the MediaCityUK tram service and as a result the track was removed from the bay platform reducing the number of platforms to 2. However the infrastructure remains and the platform could be reinstated if the need arises.

This is the second station in this locality as Cornbrook railway station was opened to serve Pomona Gardens on the south side of Cornbrook Road on 1 June 1856 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), which runs parallel to the Metrolink at this point. The first station closed on 31 May 1865.

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Some routes (as indicated) only operate during peak times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Trafford Bar towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Shaw and Crompton
		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Rochdale Town Centre
Trafford Bar towards Manchester Airport		Manchester Airport–Victoria		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Victoria
Trafford Bar towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Bury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Piccadilly
		Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only)		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Etihad Campus
Pomona towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Ashton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
Pomona towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)		Deansgate-Castlefield towards Etihad Campus
Pomona towards The Trafford Centre		The Trafford Centre–Deansgate		Deansgate-Castlefield Terminus

Connecting bus routes

Cornbrook station is served by bus services on nearby Chester Road. Stagecoach Manchester service 255 runs to Partington via Stretford and Urmston. Services run to Manchester, terminating at Piccadilly Gardens.^[4]

Gallery

• 
  A Bombardier M5000 at Cornbrook tram stop in 2012.
• 
  The entrance to Cornbrook station on Cornbrook Road.
• 
  Cornbrook tram stop in January 2017.

References

1. "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. "Hidden Manchester Map". Hidden Manchester Map.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. fig. 105. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.

External links

• Cornbrook Stop Information
• Cornbrook area map

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