Trafford Bar tram stop
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 station was opened as Old Trafford on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway. 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.Service pattern
At peak times :
- 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 :
- 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 Picadilly
- 5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
- 5 trams per hour to Victoria
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,
Stagecoach/Go Goodwins service 291 to Trafford Park.
All these services run to Piccadilly Gardens.
