Ashton West tram stop
Metrolink | |
Ashton West tram stop, on day of opening. | |
![]() ![]() Ashton West Location of Ashton West in Greater Manchester | |
Location | |
Place | Ashton-under-Lyne |
Local authority | Tameside |
Coordinates | 53°29′25″N 2°06′33″W / 53.4903°N 2.1092°WCoordinates: 53°29′25″N 2°06′33″W / 53.4903°N 2.1092°W |
Grid reference | SJ928993 |
Platforms | 2 |
Fare zone information | |
Metrolink Zone | N |
Present status | In operation |
Operations | |
Original operator | Metrolink |
History | |
Opened | 9 October 2013[1] |
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Ashton West is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located on Lord Sheldon Way near the Ashton Moss leisure complex, in western Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England.[2] The stop opened on 9 October 2013,[1] ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.[3]
Services
Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.
A M5000 tram having just left Ashton West

Ashton West tram station at twilight, in the direction of Ashton-under-Lyne on October 1st 2016.
References
- 1 2 "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that...". Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "Metrolink - Ashton West station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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