Trafford Bar tram stop

Key dates20 July 1849Opened as Old Trafford24 December 1991Closed for conversion15 June 1992Reopened and renamed Trafford Bar

Route map
Legend to St Peter's Square 0:21 Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal 0:18 Cornbrook to Pomona CLC Liverpool–Manchester line 0:15 Trafford Bar to Firswood 0:13 Old Trafford 0:11 Stretford River Mersey  M60  0:08 Dane Road 0:07 Sale 0:06 Brooklands 0:04 Timperley 0:02 Navigation Road 0:00 Altrincham This diagram: view talk edit

Location

Trafford Bar is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail system, Metrolink, at the junction of Talbot Road and Seymour Grove in Old Trafford. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion, before which it was a mainline railway station.

History

The former mainline station was opened as Old Trafford on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJ&AR). It closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991.

For the Metrolink conversion, to avoid confusion for passengers travelling to Old Trafford Football Ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Warwick Road station, which was closer to the two grounds, was renamed "Old Trafford", and Old Trafford station was renamed to "Trafford Bar" when they reopened as Metrolink stations on 15 June 1992.

Due to the station's close proximity to Old Trafford football ground, it is frequently used on match-days by fans using the East Didsbury – Rochdale service,^[1] though stops are also used at Old Trafford and Wharfside.

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  Trafford Bar in 1983, displaying its then Old Trafford name and British Rail branding
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  Trafford Bar Metrolink station in 2009, prior to refurbishment

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Some routes (as indicated) may only run during peak times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Firswood towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Cornbrook towards Rochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Cornbrook towards Shaw and Crompton
Firswood towards Manchester Airport		Manchester Airport–Victoria		Cornbrook towards Victoria
Old Trafford towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Cornbrook towards Bury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Cornbrook towards Piccadilly

Connecting bus routes

It is served nearby by Go North West service 53 to Pendleton via Salford Quays and to Cheetham Hill via the universities, Rusholme, Gorton and Harpurhey.

Stagecoach service 250 to Trafford Centre, Stagecoach service 255 to Partington via Stretford and Urmston, Stagecoach service 256 to Flixton via Stretford, Arriva service 263 to Altrincham Interchange via Stretford and Sale. All these services run to Piccadilly Gardens.^[2][3]

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 102-104. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.

External links

• Trafford Bar Stop Information
• Trafford Bar area map

	Disused railways
Cornbrook 1856–65 Line and station closed		Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway		Warwick Road for Old Trafford Line and station open
Deansgate 1849–56, 1865–1991 Line closed, station open		Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway		Warwick Road for Old Trafford Line and station open