Abraham Moss tram stop

Abraham Moss
Metrolink
A tram at Abraham Moss tram stop
Abraham Moss Location of Abraham Moss in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Cheetham Hill
Local authority	City of Manchester
Coordinates	53°30′39″N 2°14′11″W / 53.5109°N 2.2363°WCoordinates: 53°30′39″N 2°14′11″W / 53.5109°N 2.2363°W
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	C
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened	18 April 2011
Bury Line Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell Radcliffe River Irwell Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn M60 Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale River Irk Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham and Etihad Campus
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Abraham Moss is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Bury Line. The station gained funding approval in 2010 and replaced near-by Woodlands Road stop. The station is situated close to the local library and college campus.^[1] The planning application for the station was lodged June 2010.^[2] Construction began on 18 October 2010 and the station became operational on 18 April 2011.^[3]

Services

Services mostly run every 12 minutes on 2 routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

Connecting bus services

Abraham Moss is served by several bus services on Crescent Road. First Greater Manchester/JPT services 88 and 89 run a circular route to Manchester either via Cheetham Hill or via North Manchester General Hospital, Higher Blackley and White Moss. Another First service, the 149, also runs to Manchester via Broughton and also runs to Oldham via Moston and Hollinwood.

First service 52 runs westbound to Pendleton via Cheetham Hill and Broughton and eastbound to Failsworth via Harpurhey and Newton Heath. First service 53 terminates nearby at Cheetham Hill and runs to Pendleton via North Manchester General Hospital, Harpurhey, Beswick, Gorton, University of Manchester and Old Trafford. First service 154 runs to Bury via Prestwich, while Stagecoach Manchester service 151 runs to Hollinwood via Harpurhey and Failsworth^[4]

References

1. "Item 4A - North Manchester Metrolink Stops". Transport for Greater Manchester Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
2. "Full Planning Application for the Abraham Moss Stop" (PDF). Manchester City Council. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
3. "New Abraham Moss Metrolink stop to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
4. "Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Abraham Moss Stop Information
• Abraham Moss area map

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City Centre and North: Past, Present and Future  Manchester Metrolink Main Line services   to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath Newton Heath and Moston to Bury Bowker Vale Crumpsall to Tameside Abraham Moss Clayton Bridge Woodlands Road Park Queens Road Central Park Monsall to Tameside Miles Platting Edge Lane Clayton Hall Oldham Road Velopark Manchester Victoria Holt Town Exchange to Salford Etihad Campus New Islington Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street; Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street; Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central ; Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook to Salford Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton