Oldham and Rochdale Line
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The Oldham and Rochdale Line is a light rail/tram line on the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester, running from North Manchester to Rochdale town centre via Oldham, reusing most of the trackbed
A M5000 tram at Oldham Mumps tram stop.
A tram running on the line between Shaw and Crompton, and Newhey.
The Oldham Loop Line in 2009, shortly before closure and conversion to Metrolink; a Class 142 approaches Shaw and Crompton.
A M5000 tram running through Union Street, on the Oldham town centre line opened in January 2014.
Manchester Victoria station
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Manchester Victoria in Manchester, England, is a combined main line railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it a
Oldham and Rochdale Line
…station buildings demolished, and replaced, and overhead wiring added. The line was re-opened in phases: Tram services started on 13 June 2012 between Victoria and Oldham Mumps: As a temporary measure, until the town centre line was completed, the former railway line bordering Oldham town centre was retained…
Station frontage, constructed in 1909
Victoria tram stop in 2015
Part of the original 1844 station building, photographed in 1989. Originally it had a single storey and the second storey was added in the 1860s.
Platforms 11 (left) and 12 (right), looking west towards Manchester Exchange in 1964