Altrincham Electric Railway Preservation Society | |
1845 to 1923 | |
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21 July 1845 | Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Act of Incorporation gets Royal Assent. |
28 May 1849 | First train on Altrincham Branch (Oxford Road Altrincham and return) — carrying Company Officials and builders. |
2 July 1849 | First train on South Junction Line (London Road – Ordsall Lane – Castlefield Junction – Altrincham – Manchester) carrying Company Officials and builders. |
20 July 1849 | First Passenger trains 0800 from both Oxford Road and Altrincham stations. Intermediate stations at Old Trafford, Edge Lane, Sale and Timperley opened. |
1 August 1849 | London Road – Oxford Road and Castlefield Junction – Ordsall Lane opened |
20/2/3 September 1849 | Altrincham – Bowdon opened. |
1 June 1856 | Cornbrook station opened. |
1857 | Exhibition station in use. |
1 December 1859 | Brooklands station opened. |
31 May 1865 | Cornbrook station closed. |
1869 | Exhibition station in use. |
3 April 1881 | Altrincham & Bowdon station opened between Altrincham and Bowdon stations which closed. |
16 May 1882 | New MSJ&AR island platform opened at London Road station. |
1887 | Exhibition station in use. |
1 January 1923 | Grouping. Joint ownership of MSJ&AR passes to LMS and LNER. |
1928 to 1991 — Electric Railway | |
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1928 | LMS/LNER Joint Committee recommends MSJ&AR be electrified. Ministry of Transport "Pringle & Weir" Committee recommends 1500 V dc electrification as standard. |
11 May 1931 | 1500 V dc electric operation London Road – Altrincham & Bowdon commences. Warwick Road station opened for daily use. |
20 July 1931 | Dane Road and Navigation Road stations opened. |
1 January 1948 | MSJ&AR becomes part of British Railways (London Midland Region). |
15 September 1958 | 1500 V dc electrics terminate at Oxford Road. |
12 September 1960 | 25 kV ac electric operation London Road – Oxford Road commences. London Road station renamed Manchester Piccadilly. |
1 February 1971 | Warwick Road, Stretford, Mersey Bridge, Sale and Brooklands signal boxes closed. |
30 April 1971 | Last day of 1500 V dc electric operation Altrincham & Bowdon – Oxford Road. |
3 May 1971 | First day of 25 kV ac electric operation Altrincham – Oxford Road. |
July 1991 | Altrincham North and Navigation Road signal boxes closed, part of preparations for Metrolink. |
24 December 1991 | Last day of 25 kV ac electric operation Altrincham – Oxford Road. |
1992 to 2020 — Metrolink, into the city centre and beyond | |
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5 January 1992 | Altrincham line disconnected from BR at Cornbrook. |
15 June 1992 | First day of Metrolink 750 V dc electric operation Altrincham–Manchester. |
20 July 1999 | MSJ&AR 150th Anniversary plaque unveiled at Altrincham station. |
August 2009 | Level access between Altrincham platforms 1 and 2 created. |
August 2009 | New auto–tensioned catenary and contact wires installed, replacing BR 25kV overhead lines. |
21 December 2009 | Official launch event for M5000 trams. |
26 May 2014 | Farewell tour for T68s, Greater Manchester’s iconic trams. |
19 October 2014 | New station footbridge in use (initially between platforms 1 and 4). |
9 November 2014 | Altrincham station booking office becomes TfGM Travelshop; also sells full range of rail tickets. |
7 December 2014 | New and brighter bus interchange in use; built on site of 1970s bus interchange. |
20 October 2015 | Altrincham footbridge lifts working. |
26 February 2017 | Metrolink second cross city line in use |
10 December 2017 | Ordsall Chord main line railway opened |
22 March 2020 | Metrolink Trafford Park line opened |
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