Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink station

Ashton-under-Lyne
Metrolink
The stop in February 2018.
Ashton-under-Lyne Location of Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Ashton-under-Lyne
Local authority	Tameside
Coordinates	53°29′25″N 2°05′51″W / 53.4904°N 2.0976°W / 53.4904; -2.0976Coordinates: 53°29′25″N 2°05′51″W / 53.4904°N 2.0976°W / 53.4904; -2.0976
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	N
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened	9 October 2013
East Manchester Line to Bury and Eccles Manchester Piccadilly  New Islington Holt Town River Medlock Etihad Campus Velopark Ashton Canal Clayton Hall Edge Lane Cemetery Road Droylsden Audenshaw Ashton Moss   Ashton West   Ashton-under-Lyne   (Ashton-under-Lyne)

East Manchester Line

Ashton-under-Lyne is a tram stop serving Ashton-under-Lyne on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, it is the terminus of the system's East Manchester Line (EML). It is located beside Ashton-under-Lyne bus station, and a few minutes walk away from Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, forming an Ashton travel hub.

The stop was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion, and opened on 9 October 2013, ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.

In May 2009, a special fund of £1.5 billion was agreed for 15 transport schemes in Greater Manchester. These included a further 2.1-mile (3.4 km) extension to the East Manchester line from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne. Plans for the extension from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne were fully approved by the Department for Transport in March 2010 whereupon MPact-Thales was appointed as the main contractor.

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.