Newton Heath and Moston tram stop

Newton Heath and Moston is a single-platform tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line of the Manchester Metrolink network. It serves Newton Heath and Moston in Manchester, England. It is located in an embankment east of Dean Lane.

Newton Heath and Moston
Metrolink station
M5000 tram arrives at Newton Heath and Moston, bound for Oldham Mumps (temporary stop), in 2012.
General information
Location	Newton Heath, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53.50425°N 2.18371°W / 53.50425; -2.18371
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Tram routes
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2/3
History
Previous names	Dean Lane
Key dates
17 May 1880	Opened as Dean Lane railway station
3 October 2009	Closed for Metrolink conversion
13 June 2012	Opened as Newton Heath and Moston tram stop
Passengers
2007/08	29,228
2008/09	46,548
2021/22	0.178 million
2022/23	0.271 million
2023/24	0.308 million
Route map Legend 0:00 Rochdale Town Centre 0:04 Rochdale Railway Station Calder Valley line 0:07 Newbold Rochdale Canal 0:08 Kingsway Business Park 0:10 Milnrow  M62  0:12 Newhey 0:16 Shaw and Crompton 0:19 Derker 0:21 Oldham Mumps 0:23 Oldham Central 0:24 Oldham King Street 0:26 Westwood 0:29 Freehold 0:31 South Chadderton  M60  0:32 Hollinwood Rochdale Canal 0:34 Failsworth 0:36 Newton Heath and Moston Calder Valley line 0:39 Central Park 0:40 Monsall to Queens Road Depot to Queens Road River Irk to Victoria This diagram: view talk edit
Location

This tram stop was converted from Dean Lane railway station which closed in 2009 as part of the conversion of the Oldham Loop railway line to Metrolink. The tram stop opened in its place in 2012.^[1]

History

A Northern Rail service to Manchester Victoria approaching Dean Lane station on 26 January 2008.

Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880^[2] 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north east of Manchester Victoria along with the Oldham Loop Line section between Newton Heath and Oldham, and was operated and managed by Northern Rail in 2009 before its closure. There were once three stations in Newton Heath: Newton Heath, Dean Lane and Park. This station is 200 yards (180 m) away from Newton Heath TMD.

The station closed for conversion to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and re-opened as a tram station on 13 June 2012 with only a single platform (in place of where the demolished Manchester-bound platform was) and a single track. The heavy rail single track adjacent allows Network Rail to access the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal facility nearby.^[2]

Service pattern

v t e Manchester railways
Legend
City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Two routes serve this tram stop, therefore providing a 6-minute frequency between East Didsbury and Shaw and Crompton during peak times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Central Park towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Failsworth towards Rochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Failsworth towards Shaw and Crompton
Historical railways
Miles Platting (closed 1995)		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Oldham Loop Line		Failsworth