Oldham Mumps tram stop

Oldham Mumps is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system in the Mumps area of Oldham which opened in 2014.

This article is about the current tram stop. For the railway station on the Oldham Loop Line which served the same area between 1847 and 2009, see Oldham Mumps railway station. For the London and North Western Railway station which served the same area between 1856 and 1862, see Oldham Mumps (LNWR) railway station.

Oldham Mumps
Metrolink station
A tram at Oldham Mumps
General information
LocationOldham, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
England
Coordinates53.54241°N 2.10342°W / 53.54241; -2.10342
Grid referenceSD933049
Line(s)Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone3
History
Opened1 November 1847
Key dates
3 October 2009Closed as a rail station
13 June 2012 (temporary station)
27 January 2014 (opening date of permanent station)		Conversion to Metrolink operation
Location

A temporary stop of the same name opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion. Phase 3b resulted in the stop's decommissioning in 2014, and its replacement with the permanent stop at the opposite end of Mumps on a realigned track. The temporary stop was on the site of the original Oldham Mumps railway station, a heavy rail station which opened (initially for haulage) on 1 November 1847 and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion to Metrolink. It was along the Oldham Loop Line, which operated from Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham and thus was almost identical to the current Metrolink route.

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