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Didsbury Village tram stop

Manchester Metrolink tram stop

Summary

Manchester Metrolink tram stop

Field	Value
style	Manchester Metrolink
name	Didsbury Village
type	Metrolink station
image	File:Didsbury Village tram stop (geograph 6334157).jpg
borough
country	England
coordinates
map_caption	Location in Greater Manchester, England
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
line	South Manchester Line
status	In operation
zone	3
years	23 May 2013
events	Opened
platforms	2
mapframe	yes
mapframe-custom
map_state	collapsed
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Manchester Metrolink
line1	pink	left1=East Didsbury	right1=West Didsbury
line2	grey	left2=East Didsbury	right2=West Didsbury
route_map

| mapframe-custom = Didsbury Village is a tram stop on the South Manchester Line on the light-rail Metrolink network in Greater Manchester, England. It serves the South Manchester suburb of Didsbury.

History

The Manchester South District Line was opened by the Midland Railway in 1880. Originally, Didsbury was served by Didsbury railway station, which was located opposite Didsbury Library on Wilmslow Road, approximately 290 m further north along the line from the present tram stop. The railway station was closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching cuts and was demolished in 1982, and the old railway line lay derelict for several decades.

In 1984, Greater Manchester Council and GMPTE announced the Project Light Rail scheme to develop a new light rail/tram system by re-opening use of disused railway lines in the region, including the route through Didsbury. The first phase of the Manchester Metrolink system opened in 1992, but it was not until 2013 that the network was expanded to reach Didsbury, as part of Phase 3b of the Metrolink expansion project. Tram tracks were laid along the former trackbed, but as Didsbury station had been demolished over 30 years earlier, a new tram stop was constructed further down the line on School Lane.

There were plans to extend the line to Stockport, which were cancelled on grounds of cost.

File:Didsbury Railway Station and clock c.1910.jpg|The tram stop replaced the old Didsbury Railway Station (closed 1967) File:Didsbury transport map.png|Map of Didsbury showing the locations of the old station and the tram stop

Service pattern

12 minute service to with double trams in the peak
12 minute service to with double trams in the peak
6 minute service to with double trams in the peak

References

Sources

References

(1991). "Metrolink: Official Handbook". Transport Publishing Company.
(23 May 2013). "First passengers travel on tram extension to East Didsbury". Manchester Evening News.
"Didsbury Station". Disused Stations.
(21 July 2004). "Council wants Darling resignation".

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