Crumpsall tram stop

Crumpsall is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop in Crumpsall, Manchester. It is on the Bury Line and in fare zone 2.^[1] This station was opened to Metrolink on 6 April 1992, after previously serving as a railway station from 1879 to 1991. This station has step-free access.^[2]

Crumpsall
Crumpsall tram stop in January 2017, prior to the addition of the 3rd platform
General information
Location	Crumpsall, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53.51725°N 2.24102°W / 53.51725; -2.24102
Grid reference	SD841023
System	Manchester Metrolink
Line	Bury Line
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1 September 1879 (1879-09-01)
Original company	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway British Rail
Key dates
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map Legend 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road to Monsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria  to Exchange Square to Shudehill This diagram: view talk edit
Location

The stop is located below-grade, the platforms south and perpendicular to the Crumpsall Lane road bridge. It is the closest Metrolink stop to North Manchester General Hospital's main entrance, though Abraham Moss tram stop is closer to other areas and entrances to the hospital.

History

Crumpsall opened to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 1 September 1879 with two platforms, as part of a new line running from Radcliffe down to Bury which connected the present Bury to Rawtenstall and Bacup route to suburbs between Manchester and Bury.

The line between Manchester and Bury underwent several modifications over the years. The route between Bury Interchange (a new terminus that ran directly into Bury town centre instead of Bury Bolton Street on the town centre's edge) and Manchester Victoria was closed to British Rail traffic in two halves: first between Manchester Victoria and Crumpsall after 13 July 1991 (Crumpsall remained open serving trains to Bury),^[3] then Crumpsall to Bury Interchange after 16 August 1991.^[4] The site reopened as a Metrolink station on 6 April 1992 with the rest of the Bury Line.

The station installed cycle lockers^[5] in July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2015, the GMCA released a report into the potential building of the Trafford Park Line.^[6] Crumpsall would be the other terminus of the Trafford Park route whenever the line was constructed. To allow this, a third platform was to be built at Crumpsall. In July 2017, it was announced that works would commence.^[7][8][9] In December 2017 works began.

This also saw the construction of a new foot crossing at the bottom of the platforms, completed on 7 February 2018, to replace the footbridge (which was then demolished two days later), meaning at that time, the Manchester-bound platform was only accessible via the foot-crossing south of the platforms. Over the April 2019 bank holiday, a crossover track was added south of the station, then over the May 2019 bank holiday weekend, the Manchester platform was resurfaced, and the boarding point tiles were added to the new platform. Two waiting shelters were installed on the south end of platforms 2 and 3. The basic concrete foundations for the stair and ramp access to Crumpsall Lane from platform 3, were also added. The platform became ready for passenger service in August 2019.

Crumpsall's third platform has not been used in regular service since it opened in August 2019, likely due to constraints regarding service capacity on other lines.^[10] The Trafford Park Line since it opened in March 2020 has instead operated services from The Trafford Centre as far as Deansgate-Castlefield.

Layout

Crumpsall tram stop has three platforms. It had disabled and step-free access features added to it since it opened to Metrolink, and it is now fully accessible step-free. The step-free access ramp to platform 1 occupies space previously held by Crumpsall's station building which was demolished in the early 2000s. There is a foot crossing south of the platforms giving access to platform 1, the island platform 2 and 3, and the disabled access ramp from Crumpsall Lane.

During the construction of the third platform, the abandoned British Rail platforms south of the station were entirely removed. Some of the abandoned railway platform survives to the north of the Metrolink platforms, though, since the current fleet of trams (Bombardier M5000s) only require a minimum of 54 metres of platform to operate.^[10]

Two dot matrix passenger information displays stand serving one platform each, and show estimated arrival times for trams in minutes up to 30 minutes prior (up to three at a time) and number of carriages.

Services

Every route across the Manchester Metrolink network operates to a 12-minute headway (5 tph) Monday–Saturday, and to a 15-minute headway (4 tph) on Sundays and bank holidays. Sections served by a second "peak only" route (like this stop) will have a combined headway of 6 minutes during peak times.

Crumpsall is located in Zone 2, and the stop itself has three platforms. Trams towards Piccadilly depart from platform 2 (the middle platform) and an extra service runs direct to Altrincham during peak times. Trams to Bury stop at platform 1 (westernmost). Platform 3 (easternmost) currently runs no regular service, but is sometimes used during service disruptions.^[10]

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Abraham Moss towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Bowker Vale towards Bury
Abraham Moss towards Piccadilly		Piccadilly–Bury

Transport connections

Bus

Crumpsall tram stop is served closest by bus route 41 (Sale–Middleton) on Crumpsall Lane.

Train

This tram stop is not connected to or near to any railway stations, but the nearest is Manchester Victoria, approximately 2.5 miles away walking.

See also

• North Manchester General Hospital
• Trafford Park Line