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New Islington tram stop

New Islington
Metrolink station
New Islington tram stop, in May 2019.
General information
Location	New Islington, Manchester England
Coordinates	53°28′52″N 2°13′11″W / 53.4810°N 2.2198°W / 53.4810; -2.2198
Line(s)	East Manchester Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview)[1] 11 February 2013 (full)[2][3]
Original company	Metrolink
Route map Legend toBury toOldham & Rochdale Zone 1 Victoria Shudehill Exchange Square Market Street Piccadilly Gardens St Peter's Square Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) New Islington Cornbrook to Ashton- under-Lyne stop in both Zone 1 and 2   to MediaCityUK, Eccles & The Trafford Centre Trafford Bar toAltrincham to East Didsbury & Manchester Airport This diagram: view talk edit
Location

New Islington is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) and Zone 1ofGreater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013,^[2][3] after a three-day free trial for local residents.^[1] The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in the New Islington area of Manchester, England. It was originally proposed to open with the name Pollard Street,^{[citation needed]} being located at the junction Munday Street and Pollard Street.^[4]

Services[edit]

Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.

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

Connecting bus routes[edit]

New Islington is directly served by a bus service, which is served by Stagecoach Manchester service 216, which replicates the Metrolink service to Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, and Stagecoach service 231, which runs nearby to Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw. Both services run to nearby Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester.^[5]

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External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Islington Metrolink station.

• New Islington Stop Information
• New Islington area map
• Light Rail Transit Association

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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 toOrdsall 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 toOrdsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton

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