{"id":2567,"date":"2012-12-16T16:59:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2012-12-16T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T17:00:21","slug":"3001-inaugurates-services-to-shaw-and-crompton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2567","title":{"rendered":"3001 inaugurates services to Shaw and Crompton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest extension of Manchester Metrolink has now opened with trams running through to Shaw and Crompton from Sunday 16th<\/sup> December. This is a short extension of the Oldham and Rochdale line with two new stops now open for use, the remainder of the line to Rochdale Railway Station is expected to open early in 2013. 3001<\/strong> was the tram which was specially chosen to operate the first service on the extension.<\/p>\n

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Although just a short extension from Oldham Mumps it is hoped that the two new stops at
\nDerker and Shaw & Crompton will boost the two local areas economies and allow easier access to and from the City Centre. The line will now see services operate between Shaw & Crompton to St Werburgh\u2019s Road at 12 minute frequencies at most times although before 0900 and after 1730 on a Sunday the frequency drops to every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Testing continues beyond Shaw & Crompton towards Rochdale Railway Station and on the first day of services to Shaw 3056 <\/strong>and 3059<\/strong> were stabled there waiting to be used for this purpose. In addition 3004 <\/strong>was also at Shaw & Crompton as a spare tram for service in case it was needed (and it was!)<\/p>\n

No confirmed date has yet been announced by Transport for Greater Manchester as to when services will go beyond Shaw & Crompton.<\/p>\n

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3001 approaches St Peter's Square with the first service for Shaw & Crompton on 16th December 2012. Despite the destination display the tram was bound for Shaw. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n

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At Shaw & Crompton there were three trams stabled. Two of these are shown here - 3056 and 3059 - which were there for use on testing through to Rochdale Railway Station. This part of the line is expected to open sometime early in 2013. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Also at Shaw & Crompton was a spare tram "just in case" it was required. This was initially 3004 and is seen here against the backdrop of the old mill showing the old and the new. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n

* A full Photo Gallery featuring images from the first day will follow next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest extension of Manchester Metrolink has now opened with trams running through to Shaw and Crompton from Sunday 16th December. This is a short extension of the Oldham and Rochdale line with two new stops now open for use, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}