The station was next to the M60 motorway Manchester Outer Ring Road which was constructed across part of the former station site. As a consequence of this the station was rebuilt by the Highways Agency in the 1990s.[3]
The station closed for the conversion of the line to a Metrolink tram stop on 3 October 2009[1] and was rebuilt, reopening as Hollinwood tram stop on 13 June 2012.[4]
Hollinwood station prior to Metrolink conversion
Under construction on the site of the former railway station
Hollinwood station in September 2012
Former railway service
After May 1995 Hollinwood was served by half-hourly trains from Manchester Victoria to Shaw & Crompton. Trains to Rochdale ran every half-hour but passed through Hollinwood without stopping.[1] On Sundays there was an hourly service in each direction.
On Manchester Road, First services 83, 180 and 184 provide frequent buses between Manchester and Oldham with the 83 continuing to Sholver and the 180/184 running to Saddleworth plus Huddersfield (184), while First service X84 provides a peak-time express service to Manchester and Saddleworth. Stotts Tours service 159 runs to Oldham via Chadderton and Middleton via Failsworth, while Stotts service 396 runs to Ashton-under-Lyne via Hathershaw and to Newton Heath via Failsworth.[5]
References
^ abc"Hollinwood". Disused Stations. Retrieved 25 June 2012.