Also steps and ramps connect track level with the platforms.Ĭrumpsall is the stop for North Manchester General Hospital. Steps and a DDA compliant ramp connect path and track level on the outbound side, the inbound side being at existing road level. A short length of the foot path from Woodlands Road to Abraham Moss Centre has been raised slightly. It has staggered platforms with a foot track level crossing replacing the former underpass. This is the nearest stop to the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport at Boyle Street.Ībraham Moss stop, near the existing City College and popular facilities like the library and leisure centre is now open. A ramp and steps from the inbound platform to Smeaton Street allows access to 5 cycle hoops and lockers also 2 disabled parking bays. A locked gate allows staff access to the depot. At the Manchester (south) end there are ramps to a foot track level crossing. Queens Road stop, which replaced the staff halt, has steps and a lift from the road to both inbound and outbound platforms. A connection from the Depot towards Monsall on the Oldham and Rochdale line is now in use. Metrolink’s Queens Road Depot is on the left side of the line, the depot connections face Bury. At Irk Valley Junction the Rochdale via Oldham line diverges to the right while the Bury line crosses the former loop line route then falls towards the depot connections. It initially rises with the Rochdale main line before falling to reach Collyhurst Tunnel, which curves to pass under the main line, and rises again. Leaving Victoria the line passes under Cheetham Hill Road bridge and joins the former Bury Electric Line Route. The Interchange was built for the ‘Pic–Vic’ Scheme, and now provides good connections between trams and buses at Bury.
By 1980 the line was a self-contained one running from Victoria to Bury Interchange. This was partly in response to the growing municipal tramway network. The line was originally electrified by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1916, using the unique 1200V dc side contact conductor rail system. The City Centre page describes Victoria, Piccadilly, Deansgate–Castlefield and the lines between them. This is the northern part of Metrolink phase one. Metrolink Introduction > Bury Line: updated 22 October 2019