Sale tram stop

"Sale railway station" redirects here. For the railway station in Victoria, Australia, see Sale railway station, Victoria.

Not to be confused with Sale Water Park tram stop.

Sale is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this, it was a railway station on the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) line. It was built by John Brogden, who was a local builder in the Sale area.

Sale
Metrolink station
Sale is one of the network’s converted heavy-rail stations
General information
Location	M33 7XY Sale, Trafford England
Coordinates	53.42425°N 2.31907°W / 53.42425; -2.31907
Grid reference	SJ788919
Line(s)	Altrincham Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	20 July 1849
Previous names	Sale Moor (1856) Sale & Ashton on Mersey (1883)
Original company	MSJAR
Pre-grouping	MSJAR
Post-grouping	MSJAR London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
24 December 1991	Closed as a rail station
15 June 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
1931	Renamed
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Location

History

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

In 1988, as a British Rail station

In 2006 with a T-68 Calling on a service to Piccadilly, prior to refurbishment

The current exterior of the station

The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the MSJAR. Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. It closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991 and reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Sale tram stop briefly appears during the opening titles of Pro Evolution Soccer 2, which was released in 2002.^[1]

Services

Sale is on the Altrincham Line, with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Etihad Campus or Bury, while evening and Sunday journeys run to Etihad Campus only, with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.^[2]

Service pattern

• 10 trams per hour to Altrincham (5 off-peak)
• 5 trams per hour to Bury (peak only)
• 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly

Ticket zones

As of January 2019, Sale is located in Metrolink ticket zone 3.^[3]

Connecting bus routes

Sale tram stop is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside and some stopping around the town centre.^[4]

Services that stop outside the station:

• Arriva North West (Bee Network) services 248, 249 and 281. (248 - Eccles, 249 - Altrincham, and 281 - Altrincham
• Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network) service 41 to Middleton via Northenden and Fallowfield, Manchester city centre, Cheetham Hill and North Manchester General Hospital.