Abraham Moss 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. The station gained funding approval in 2010 and replaced nearby Woodlands Road stop. It is close to the local library and college campus.[1] The planning application for the station was lodged June 2010.[2] Construction began on 18 October 2010 and the station became operational on 18 April 2011.[3]

Abraham Moss
Metrolink station
A M5000 arriving at Abraham Moss tram stop in January 2017.
General information
Location	Cheetham Hill, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53.51068°N 2.23572°W / 53.51068; -2.23572
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	18 April 2011
Original company	Manchester Metrolink
Route map Legend Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell Radcliffe River Irwell Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn  M60  Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale River Irk Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham & Piccadilly This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Services

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

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Queens Road towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury		Crumpsall towards Bury
Queens Road towards Piccadilly		Bury–Piccadilly

Connecting bus services

Abraham Moss is served by several bus services on Crescent Road. First Greater Manchester/JPT services 88 and 89 run a circular route to Manchester either via Cheetham Hill or via North Manchester General Hospital, Higher Blackley and White Moss. Another First service, the 149, also runs to Manchester via Broughton and also runs to Oldham via Moston and Hollinwood.

First service 52 runs westbound to Pendleton via Cheetham Hill and Broughton and eastbound to Failsworth via Harpurhey and Newton Heath. First service 53 terminates nearby at Cheetham Hill and runs to Pendleton via North Manchester General Hospital, Harpurhey, Beswick, Gorton, University of Manchester and Old Trafford. First service 154 runs to Bury via Prestwich, while Stagecoach Manchester service 151 runs to Hollinwood via Harpurhey and Failsworth[4]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abraham Moss Metrolink station.

• Abraham Moss Stop Information
• Abraham Moss area map

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Legend
City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton