Holt Town tram stop

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]

Holt Town
Metrolink station
Holt Town tram stop in May 2019.
General information
Location	Holt Town, Manchester England
Coordinates	53.48329°N 2.21205°W / 53.48329; -2.21205
Line(s)	East Manchester Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview)[1] 11 February 2013(full)[2][3]
Original company	Metrolink
Route map Legend to Piccadilly Great Ancoats Street (Inner Ring Rd.) 0:25 New Islington 0:23 Holt Town River Medlock 0:22 Etihad Campus Alan Turing Way (Middle Ring Rd.) 0:20 Velopark Ashton Canal 0:17 Clayton Hall 0:14 Edge Lane 0:12 Cemetery Road 0:10 Droylsden 0:07 Audenshaw 0:05 Ashton Moss    M60  (Outer Ring Rd.) 0:02 Ashton West   0:00 Ashton-under-Lyne   ( Ashton-under-Lyne) This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Services

Holt Town tram stop, in February 2013

Services run every 12 minutes on each route.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
New Islington towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Etihad Campus towards Ashton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
New Islington towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only)		Etihad Campus Terminus
New Islington towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)

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]