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.

Trafford Bar
Metrolink station
General information
Location	Old Trafford, Trafford England
Coordinates	53.46169°N 2.27740°W / 53.46169; -2.27740
Grid reference	SJ816961
Line(s)	Altrincham Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Original company	Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Pre-grouping	Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Post-grouping	Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
20 July 1849	Opened as Old Trafford
24 December 1991	Closed for conversion
15 June 1992	Reopened and renamed Trafford Bar
Services
Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station Firswood towards East Didsbury East Didsbury–Shaw and Crompton Cornbrook towards Shaw and Crompton East Didsbury–Rochdale Cornbrook towards Rochdale Town Centre Firswood towards Manchester Airport Manchester Airport–Victoria Cornbrook towards Victoria Manchester Airport–Deansgate-Castlefield Cornbrook towards Deansgate-Castlefield Old Trafford towards Altrincham Altrincham–Bury Cornbrook towards Bury Altrincham–Piccadilly Cornbrook towards Piccadilly
Route map Legend to Bury & Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook to Eccles, MediaCityUK & The Trafford Centre CLC Liverpool–Manchester line Trafford Bar to East Didsbury & Manchester Airport Old Trafford Stretford River Mersey  M60  Dane Road Sale Brooklands Timperley Navigation Road Altrincham This diagram: view talk edit
Location

History

The 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, and the "Old Trafford" name was transferred to the former Warwick Road Station, to avoid confusion for passengers travelling to Old Trafford Football Ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground. It was renamed Trafford Bar when it reopened as a Metrolink station 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]

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

Service pattern

At peak times (07:15 – 19:30 Monday to Friday, 09:30 – 18:30 Saturday):

• 10 trams per hour to Altrincham
• 10 trams per hour to East Didsbury
• 5 trams per hour to Bury
• 5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport
• 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
• 5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
• 5 trams per hour to Shaw and Crompton
• 5 trams per hour to Victoria

Offpeak (all other times during operational hours):

• 5 trams per hour to Altrincham
• 5 trams per hour to East Didsbury
• 5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport
• 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
• 5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
• 5 trams per hour to Victoria

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trafford Bar Metrolink station.

• Trafford Bar Stop Information
• Trafford Bar area map