Shaw and Crompton tram stop

Shaw and Crompton
Metrolink station
Shaw and Crompton tram stop, on its opening day
General information
Location	Shaw and Crompton, Oldham England
Coordinates	53°34′34″N 2°05′22″W / 53.57618°N 2.08953°W / 53.57618; -2.08953
Grid reference	SD941088
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	2 November 1863 (1863-11-02)
Previous names	Shaw
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2009	Closed as a rail station
16 December 2012[1][2]	Conversion to Metrolink operation
1 December 1897; 6 May 1974; 15 May 1989	Renamed
Route map Legend 0:00 Rochdale Town Centre 0:04 Rochdale Railway Station Calder Valley line 0:07 Newbold Rochdale Canal 0:08 Kingsway Business Park 0:10 Milnrow  M62  0:12 Newhey 0:16 Shaw and Crompton 0:19 Derker 0:21 Oldham Mumps 0:23 Oldham Central 0:24 Oldham King Street 0:26 Westwood 0:29 Freehold 0:31 South Chadderton  M60  0:32 Hollinwood Rochdale Canal 0:34 Failsworth 0:36 Newton Heath and Moston Calder Valley line 0:39 Central Park 0:40 Monsall to Queens Road Depot to Queens Road River Irk to Victoria This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Shaw and Crompton is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 16 December 2012 and is located in Shaw and Crompton, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England.

The station sits adjacent to the site of the original Shaw and Crompton railway station, a regional rail station which opened (initially for haulage) on 2 November 1863 and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion to Metrolink. Known as Shaw railway station between 1974 and 1989, it was along the Oldham Loop Line, which operated from Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham and thus was almost identical to the current Metrolink route.