Holt Town tram stop

Holt Town
	Metrolink
	Holt Town Location of Holt Town in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Holt Town
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′58″N 2°12′46″W / 53.4829°N 2.2127°WCoordinates: 53°28′58″N 2°12′46″W / 53.4829°N 2.2127°W
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	M
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview)[1]; 11 February 2013(full)[2][3]
East Manchester Line
	UK Trams portal

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.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is beside the River Medlock in Holt Town, between Ancoats and Bradford.^[4]

Services

Holt Town tram stop, in February 2013

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

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.^[5]

References

1 2 "It's the final countdown". Transport for Greater Manchester. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
1 2 Kirby, Dean (4 December 2012). "Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013". Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
1 2 "Droylsden's new Metrolink line to open in February". Transport for Greater Manchester. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
↑ "Metrolink - Holt Town station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
↑ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

External links

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New Islington towards Eccles		Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Etihad Campus towards Ashton-under-Lyne
New Islington towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK – Etihad Campus Line		Etihad Campus Terminus

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[preview-1] 1 2 "It's the final countdown". Transport for Greater Manchester. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[menopening-2] 1 2 Kirby, Dean (4 December 2012). "Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013". Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

[droylsdenopening-3] 1 2 "Droylsden's new Metrolink line to open in February". Transport for Greater Manchester. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

[4] "Metrolink - Holt Town station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

[5] "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.