Abraham Moss tram stop

Abraham Moss is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Bury Line. The station gained funding approval in 2010 and replaced nearby Woodlands Road stop. It is 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]

Abraham Moss
Metrolink
A M5000 arriving at Abraham Moss tram stop in January 2017.
Abraham Moss Location of Abraham Moss in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Cheetham Hill
Local authority	City of Manchester
Coordinates	53.5109°N 2.2363°W / 53.5109; -2.2363
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	2
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 & Piccadilly

Services

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

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Queens Road towards Altrincham		Altrincham – Bury Line		Crumpsall towards Bury
Queens Road towards Piccadilly		Bury – Piccadilly Line

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
3. "New Abraham Moss Metrolink stop to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
4. "Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Abraham Moss Stop Information
• Abraham Moss area map

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