Queens Road tram stop

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30px Queens Road
Metrolink
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Queens Road tram stop.
Queens Road is located in Manchester_Metrolink
Queens Road
Queens Road
Location of Queens Road in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Cheetham Hill
Local authority Manchester
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone C
Present status In operation
History
Opened 1992 (16 December 2013 as a passenger station)
Former name Queens Road Staff Halt
Renamed Late 2013
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Queens Road is a tram stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in Cheetham Hill in North Manchester, England. It originally opened as a staff halt stop only[1][2] serving the Metrolink system's original Queens Road depot at Metrolink House. The station opened on 16 December 2013.[3] Queens Road is the closest station to the Manchester Museum of Transport on Boyle Street and is adjacent to the Irish World Heritage Centre.

The station replaced Woodlands Road Metrolink station, which closed on the opening day of the station.

Services

Services mostly run every 12 minutes on 2 routes, forming a 6 minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

References

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  2. http://www.gmita.gov.uk/download/3049/item_04a_north_manchester_metrolink_stops
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Preceding station   15px Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Piccadilly
Bury – Piccadilly Line
Monday to Saturday peak only
towards Bury
towards East Didsbury
East Didsbury – Bury Line