Contents

Oldham Mumps tram stop

Oldham Mumps
Metrolink station
A tram at Oldham Mumps
General information
Location	Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham England
Coordinates	53°32′33″N 2°06′12″W / 53.54241°N 2.10342°W / 53.54241; -2.10342
Grid reference	SD933049
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
Key dates
13 June 2012 (temporary station) 27 January 2014 (opening date of permanent station)	Conversion to Metrolink operation
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 toQueens Road River Irk toVictoria This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Oldham Mumps is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system in the Mumps area of Oldham which opened in 2014.

A temporary stop of the same name opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion. Phase 3b resulted in the stop's decommissioning in 2014, and its replacement with the permanent stop at the opposite end of Mumps on a realigned track. The temporary stop was on the site of the original Oldham Mumps railway station, a heavy rail station which opened (initially for haulage) on 1 November 1847^[1] and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion to Metrolink. It was along the Oldham Loop Line, which operated from Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham and thus was almost identical to the current Metrolink route.

History[edit]

Mainline rail station[edit]

Oldham Mumps railway station opened on 1 November 1847^[1] to serve the town of Oldham. The station was a primary station located on the Oldham Loop Line 7+1⁄2 mi (12.1 km) north east of Manchester Victoria operated and managed by Northern Rail.

The name of the station is taken from its situation within the Mumps area of Oldham, which itself probably derived from the archaic word "mumper", slang for a beggar.^[2]

The station was reached across the dual-carriageway Oldham bypass, a difficult walk from the town centre. A pedestrian underpass led to the island platform, where there was a ticket office.

The station closed due to the conversion of the line to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and, by May 2010, had been completely demolished.^[1] The station canopy has been saved. It was bought by the East Lancashire Railway after a successful public fund-raising campaign.^[3][4] It is hoped that the canopy will be installed at Bury Bolton Street.

Temporary tram stop[edit]

In June 2010, the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) announced that as part of the conversion of the former Oldham loop, it would submit a planning application for a temporary Metrolink terminus at Oldham Mumps, close to the site of the former railway station. Services to the temporary terminus commenced on Wednesday 13 June 2012^[5]

The temporary Metrolink stop was reached by crossing Oldham Way or could be accessed by the free Metroshuttle service, which linked the station with the town centre and bus station.^[6]

The 'temporary' Oldham Mumps Metrolink Station closed on 18 January 2014.

Permanent tram stop[edit]

The permanent Metrolink station opened on 27 January 2014^[7] on the site of the former B&Q store and is also a bus interchange.

Service pattern[edit]

v t e Oldham Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future
Kirklees South Lines toHuddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines toTameside Rochdale Lines toRochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines toTameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps (L&YR) Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham Central (L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines toAshton Chadderton Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway Freehold South Chadderton Rochdale Lines toMiddleton and Rochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North toManchester Manchester Lines North toManchester

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Oldham Central towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Derker towards Rochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Derker towards Shaw and Crompton
Historical railways
Oldham Central		London Midland Region of British Railways Oldham Loop Line		Derker
Oldham Clegg Street		L&YR		Terminus

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Gibb, Robert (2005). Greater Manchester: A panorama of people and places in Manchester and its surrounding towns. Myriad. ISBN 1-904736-86-6.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oldham Mumps Metrolink station.

• Metrolink stop information
• Oldham Mumps area map