Cornbrook tram stop

Manchester Metrolink tram stop

Cornbrook

Metrolink station
General information
Location| Cornbrook, Manchester
England
Coordinates| 53°28′12″N 2°16′03″W﻿ / ﻿53.4700°N 2.2675°W﻿ / 53.4700; -2.2675
Grid reference| SJ823971
Line(s)| City Centre
Platforms| 2 (island)
Other information
Status| In operation
Fare zone| 1/2
History
Original company| Manchester Metrolink
Key dates
6 December 1999| Opened (for interchange only)
3 September 2005| Opened (for entry and exit)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Manchester Metrolink | Following station

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Trafford Bar

towards East Didsbury

|  | East Didsbury–Shaw and Crompton  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Shaw and Crompton

| East Didsbury–Rochdale  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Rochdale Town Centre

Trafford Bar

towards Manchester Airport

|  | Manchester Airport–Victoria  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Victoria

| Manchester Airport–Deansgate-Castlefield  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

Terminus

Trafford Bar

towards Altrincham

|  | Altrincham–Bury  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Bury

| Altrincham–Piccadilly  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Piccadilly

Pomona

towards Eccles

|  | Ashton-under-Lyne–Eccles via MediaCityUK  |  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Ashton-under-Lyne

Pomona

towards MediaCityUK

|  | MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line  |
Pomona

towards The Trafford Centre

|  | The Trafford Centre–Cornbrook  |  | Terminus
Planned extensions
Pomona

towards Port Salford

|  | Port Salford–Crumpsall

(planned)

|  | Deansgate-Castlefield

towards Crumpsall

Route map

Legend

to Bury

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to Rochdale

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Zone 1

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|  | Victoria
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|  | Shudehill
Exchange Square |  |

|  | Market Street
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|  |  | Piccadilly

Gardens
St Peter's Square |  |

|  | Piccadilly
| Deansgate-Castlefield

( Deansgate)

|  | New Islington
Cornbrook |  |

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to | Ashton-

under-Lyne

| stop in both Zone 1 and 2

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to | MediaCityUK, Eccles

& The Trafford Centre

|  | Trafford Bar
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to Altrincham

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to | East Didsbury

& Manchester Airport

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Cornbrook tram stop is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system in the Cornbrook area of Manchester, England. It is an interchange station, allowing passenger transfer between the network's Altrincham, Eccles, Airport, Trafford Park and South Manchester lines. The station opened on 6 December 1999 for line transfers and allowed street-level entry and exit to the public from 3 September 2005. It takes its name from Cornbrook Road, between the A56 and Pomona Docks on the Manchester Ship Canal, and was built on what was a Cheshire Lines Committee route to Manchester Central railway station. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.[1]

## History[edit]

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

The stop is named after the now culverted Corn Brook, a tributary of the River Irwell which runs through the area.[2]

The stop opened with the Eccles extension on 6 December 1999 with two through platforms and a Manchester facing bay platform for terminating trams. Cornbrook was unique when opened as there was no access to/from the street, the stop being used for transfer between Bury-Altrincham line trams and Eccles Line trams. This was due to security issues and a low estimated usage.

Because of a rise in the local population due to new residential developments, particularly on Ellesmere Street, the stop's emergency exit staircase to the street was converted into a full passenger entrance/exit, which opened on 3 September 2005. There are plans to relocate the entrance as part of the "Cornbrook Hub" redevelopment.[3]

During August 2009, the track layout was extensively remodelled to accommodate the MediaCityUK tram service and as a result the track was removed from the bay platform reducing the number of platforms to 2. However the infrastructure remains and the platform could be reinstated if the need arises.

This is the second station in this locality as Cornbrook railway station was opened to serve Pomona Gardens on the south side of Cornbrook Road on 1 June 1856 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), which runs parallel to the Metrolink at this point. The first station closed on 31 May 1865.

## Services[edit]

### Service pattern[edit]

At peak times (07:15 – 19:30 Monday to Friday, 09:30 – 18:30 Saturday):

* 10 trams per hour to Altrincham
* 10 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne
* 5 trams per hour to Bury
* 10 trams per hour to East Didsbury
* 5 trams per hour to Eccles
* 5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport
* 5 trams per hour to MediaCityUK
* 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
* 5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
* 5 trams per hour to Shaw and Crompton
* 5 trams per hour to the Trafford Centre
* 5 trams per hour to Victoria

Offpeak (all other times during operational hours):

* 5 trams per hour to Altrincham
* 5 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne
* 5 trams per hour to East Didsbury
* 5 trams per hour to Eccles via MediaCityUK
* 5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport
* 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
* 5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
* 5 trams per hour to the Trafford Centre
* 5 trams per hour to Victoria
* 5 trams per hour to Etihad Campus

## Connecting bus routes[edit]

Cornbrook station is served by bus services on nearby Chester Road. Stagecoach Manchester service 255 runs to Partington via Stretford and Urmston. Services run to Manchester, terminating at Piccadilly Gardens.[4]

## Gallery[edit]

* A Bombardier M5000 at Cornbrook tram stop in 2012.

* The entrance to Cornbrook station on Cornbrook Road.

* Cornbrook tram stop in January 2017.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. ^ "Hidden Manchester Map". Hidden Manchester Map.
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

## Further reading[edit]

* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. fig. 105. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornbrook Metrolink station.

* Cornbrook Stop Information
* Cornbrook area map

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Legend

City Centre and North
Past, present and future

| Manchester Metrolink |  |

|  | Main line services

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* * *

to Rochdale

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to Oldham

Moston |  |

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Newton Heath |  |

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to Bury

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|  |  | Newton Heath

and Moston
Bowker Vale |  |

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to Tameside

Crumpsall |  |

|  | Clayton Bridge
Abraham Moss |  |

|  | Park
Woodlands Road |  |

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to Tameside

Queens Road |  |

|  | Central Park
Monsall |  |

|  | Edge Lane
Miles Platting |  |

|  | Clayton Hall
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|  | Velopark
Oldham Road |  |

|  | Holt Town
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|  |
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

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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
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|  |
Pomona |  |

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to Eccles

|  |

|  | Trafford Bar

to Trafford

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|  |

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to Trafford

|  |

|  | Firswood

to Altrincham

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to Chorlton

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* v
* t
* e

Manchester Metrolink

Tram stops|

| Zone 1|

* Cornbrook
* Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate)
* Exchange Square
* Market Street
* New Islington
* Piccadilly
* Piccadilly Gardens
* Shudehill
* St Peter's Square
* Victoria

|

Airport Line|

* Baguley
* Barlow Moor Road
* Benchill
* Crossacres
* Manchester Airport
* Martinscroft
* Moor Road
* Northern Moor
* Peel Hall
* Robinswood Road
* Roundthorn
* Sale Water Park
* Shadowmoss
* Wythenshawe Town Centre
* Wythenshawe Park

Altrincham Line|

* Altrincham
* Brooklands
* Cornbrook
* Dane Road
* Navigation Road
* Old Trafford
* Sale
* Stretford
* Timperley
* Trafford Bar

Bury Line|

* Abraham Moss
* Besses o' th' Barn
* Bowker Vale
* Bury ( Bolton Street)
* Crumpsall
* Heaton Park ( Heaton Park Tramway)
* Prestwich
* Queens Road
* Radcliffe
* Whitefield

East Manchester Line|

* Ashton Moss
* Ashton-under-Lyne
* Ashton West
* Audenshaw
* Cemetery Road
* Clayton Hall
* Droylsden
* Edge Lane
* Etihad Campus
* Holt Town
* Velopark

Eccles Line|

* Anchorage
* Broadway
* Eccles
* Exchange Quay
* Harbour City
* Ladywell
* Langworthy
* MediaCityUK
* Pomona
* Salford Quays
* Weaste

Oldham & Rochdale Line|

* Central Park
* Derker
* Failsworth
* Freehold
* Hollinwood
* Kingsway Business Park
* Milnrow
* Monsall
* Newbold
* Newhey
* Newton Heath and Moston
* Oldham Central
* Oldham King Street
* Oldham Mumps
* Rochdale railway station
* Rochdale Town Centre
* Shaw and Crompton
* South Chadderton
* Westwood

South Manchester Line|

* Burton Road
* Chorlton
* Didsbury Village
* East Didsbury
* Firswood
* St Werburgh's Road
* West Didsbury
* Withington

Trafford Park Line|

* Barton Dock Road
* Imperial War Museum
* Parkway
* Trafford Centre
* Village
* Wharfside

Operations|

| Operators|

* Amey
* Keolis
* Transport for Greater Manchester

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Vehicles|

* Current: M5000
* Former: (T-68
* T-68A)

History
(Timeline)|

| Former operators|

* GMML
* Altram (Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing, 3i)
* RATP Group
* Stagecoach Group

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Transferred lines|

* Altrincham Line
* Bury Line
* Oldham Loop Line

Closed stops|

* High Street
* Mosley Street
* Woodlands Road

Abandoned plans|

* Drake Street
* Glossop line
* Hardy Farm
* Haveley
* Hope Valley line
* Hough End
* Oldham Werneth
* Picc-Vic tunnel
* Woodhouse Park

Proposed
developments|

| Bury Line|

* Elton Reservoir
* Sandhills

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Oldham & Rochdale Line|

* Cop Road

Stockport Line|

* Gorsey Bank
* Heaton Mersey
* Kings Reach
* Stockport Interchange

Trafford Park Line|

* Port Salford
* Salford Reds
* Trafford Quays

Wythenshawe Loop|

* Davenport Green
* Manchester Airport High Speed (HS2)
* Newall Green
* Terminal 2
* Wythenshawe Hospital

* Transport for Greater Manchester
* UK light rail systems

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