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Derker
Metrolink station
Derker tram stop, on its opening day
General information
Location	Derker, Oldham England
Coordinates	53°32′59″N 2°06′06″W / 53.54972°N 2.10159°W / 53.54972; -2.10159
Grid reference	SD933058
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3/4
History
Opened	1985
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
3 October 2009	Closed as a rail station
16 December 2012	Conversion to Metrolink operation
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

Derker is a 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 the Derker area of Oldham, England.

History

Derker railway station was opened, initially on an experimental basis, on 30 August 1985 by British Rail to replace Royton Junction station, ½ mile further along the line.

The station closed on 3 October 2009, was converted to light rail, and re-opened as Derker Metrolink station on 16 December 2012. The station is served by a 254 space Park and Ride car park, which is immediately adjacent to the station and is accessed from Cromford Street.

Service pattern

v t e Oldham Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future
Kirklees South Lines to Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines to Tameside Rochdale Lines to Rochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines to Tameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps (L&YR) Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham Central (L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines to Ashton Chadderton Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway Freehold South Chadderton Rochdale Lines to Middleton and Rochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North to Manchester Manchester Lines North to Manchester

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Oldham Mumpstowards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Shaw and Cromptontowards Rochdale Town Centre
		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Shaw and CromptonTerminus
Historical railways
Oldham Mumps		Regional Railways Oldham Loop Line		Royton Junction

References

1. ^ Kirby, Dean (12 December 2012). "Shaw and Crompton Metrolink trams start this Sunday". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
2. Alan Bevan, ed. (1998). A—Z of Rail Reopenings. Railway Development Society. Warwick: Warwick Printing Company. ISBN 0-901283-13-4.

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Derker area map

v t e Manchester Metrolink
Tram stops	Zone 1 Cornbrook Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Exchange Square Market Street New Islington Piccadilly Piccadilly Gardens Shudehill St Peter's Square Airport Line (2014) Baguley Barlow Moor Road Benchill Crossacres Manchester Airport Martinscroft Moor Road Northern Moor Peel Hall Robinswood Road Roundthorn Sale Water Park Shadowmoss Wythenshawe Town Centre Wythenshawe Park Altrincham Line (1992) Altrincham Brooklands Cornbrook Dane Road Navigation Road Old Trafford Sale Stretford Timperley Trafford Bar Bury Line (1992) Abraham Moss Besses o' th' Barn Bowker Vale Bury ( Bolton Street) Crumpsall Heaton Park ( Heaton Park Tramway) Prestwich Queens Road Radcliffe Victoria Whitefield East Manchester Line (2013) Ashton Moss Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Audenshaw Cemetery Road Clayton Hall Droylsden Edge Lane Etihad Campus Holt Town New Islington Velopark Eccles Line (1999-00) Anchorage Broadway Eccles Exchange Quay Harbour City Ladywell Langworthy MediaCityUK Pomona Salford Quays Weaste First City Crossing (1992) Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Market Street Shudehill St Peter's Square Oldham & Rochdale Line (2012-14) Central Park Derker Failsworth Freehold Hollinwood Kingsway Business Park Milnrow Monsall Newbold Newhey Newton Heath and Moston Oldham Central Oldham King Street Oldham Mumps Rochdale Railway Station Rochdale Town Centre Shaw and Crompton South Chadderton Westwood Piccadilly Spur (1992) Piccadilly Piccadilly Gardens Second City Crossing (2015-17) Exchange Square South Manchester Line (2011-13) Burton Road Chorlton Didsbury Village East Didsbury Firswood St Werburgh's Road West Didsbury Withington Trafford Park Line (2020) Barton Dock Road Imperial War Museum Parkway The Trafford Centre Village Wharfside
Operations	Operators Amey Keolis Transport for Greater Manchester Vehicles Current: M5000 Former: (T-68 T-68A)
History (Timeline)	Former operators GMML Altram (Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing, 3i) RATP Group Stagecoach Group Transferred lines Altrincham Line Bury Line Oldham Loop Line Closed stops High Street Mosley Street Woodlands Road Abandoned plans Drake Street Glossop line Hardy Farm Haveley Hope Valley line Hough End Oldham Werneth Picc-Vic tunnel Woodhouse Park
Proposed developments	Bury Line Elton Reservoir Sandhills Oldham & Rochdale Line Cop Road Stockport Line Gorsey Bank Heaton Mersey Kings Reach Stockport Interchange Trafford Park Line Port Salford Salford Reds Trafford Quays Wythenshawe Loop Davenport Green Manchester Airport High Speed (HS2) Newall Green Terminal 2 Wythenshawe Hospital
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