Queens Road tram stop

Queens Road is a tram stop in the suburban area of Cheetham Hill, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

Queens Road
Metrolink station
Queens Road tram stop in January 2017.
General information
Location	Cheetham Hill, Manchester England
Coordinates	53°30′06″N 2°13′36″W / 53.50167°N 2.22664°W
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1992 (As a staff station only) 16 December 2013 (as a passenger station)
Previous names	Queens Road Staff Halt
Key dates
Late 2013	Renamed
Route map Legend 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road to Monsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria  to Exchange Square to Shudehill This diagram: view talk edit
Location

It originally opened as a staff halt stop only,^[1][2] serving the Metrolink system's original Queens Road depot at Metrolink House. The station opened on 16 December 2013.^[3] Queens Road is the closest station to the Manchester Museum of Transport on Boyle Street and is adjacent to the Irish World Heritage Centre.

The station replaced Woodlands Road tram stop, which closed on the opening day of Queens Road tram stop to passengers.

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

• Queens Road in 2014.

• Metrolink stop information
• Queens Road area map