Blue Line
Ashton-under-Lyne to Bury · 27 stops · about 71 minutes end to end
About the Blue Line
The Blue Line runs between Ashton-under-Lyne and Bury, calling at 27 stops. End to end it takes about 71 minutes.
It shares track or platforms with Green Line, Navy Line, Pink Line, Purple Line, Red Line and Yellow Line at 18 of its stops, so a lot of journeys that look like a change are really just a different tram from the same platform.
Towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Every stop in order, with how long the tram has been running by the time it gets there.
- Velopark47 min
- Clayton Hall50 min
- Edge Lane52 min
- Cemetery Road56 min
- Droylsden58 min
- Audenshaw62 min
- Ashton Moss64 min
- Ashton West68 min
- Ashton-under-Lyne71 min
Towards Bury
Every stop in order, with how long the tram has been running by the time it gets there.
- Ashton-under-Lyne0 min
- Ashton West3 min
- Ashton Moss6 min
- Audenshaw9 min
- Droylsden12 min
- Cemetery Road14 min
- Edge Lane16 min
- Clayton Hall18 min
- Velopark21 min
Journey times from Ashton-under-Lyne
Minutes from the first stop of the route, taken from the timetable itself rather than estimated.
First and last tram at every stop
Towards Ashton-under-Lyne. The other direction is on the timetable page.
| Stop | Monday to Thursday | Friday to Saturday | Sunday | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | last | first | last | first | last | |
| Bury | 05:52 | 00:32+1 | 05:52 | 01:17+1 | 06:52 | 00:17+1 |
| Radcliffe | 05:58 | 00:38+1 | 05:58 | 01:23+1 | 06:58 | 00:23+1 |
| Whitefield | 06:01 | 00:41+1 | 06:01 | 01:26+1 | 07:01 | 00:26+1 |
| Besses o'th'Barn | 06:03 | 00:43+1 | 06:03 | 01:28+1 | 07:03 | 00:28+1 |
| Prestwich | 06:05 | 00:45+1 | 06:05 | 01:30+1 | 07:05 | 00:30+1 |
| Heaton Park | 06:08 | 00:48+1 | 06:08 | 01:33+1 | 07:08 | 00:33+1 |
| Bowker Vale | 06:10 | 00:50+1 | 06:10 | 01:35+1 | 07:10 | 00:35+1 |
| Crumpsall | 06:11 | 00:51+1 | 06:11 | 01:36+1 | 07:11 | 00:36+1 |
| Abraham Moss | 06:13 | 23:58 | 06:13 | 00:58+1 | 07:13 | 00:38+1 |
| Queens Road | 06:16 | 00:01+1 | 06:16 | 01:01+1 | 07:16 | 23:46 |
| Victoria | 05:00 | 00:06+1 | 05:00 | 01:06+1 | 06:00 | 23:51 |
| Shudehill | 05:02 | 00:08+1 | 05:02 | 01:08+1 | 06:02 | 23:53 |
| Market Street | 05:04 | 00:10+1 | 05:04 | 01:10+1 | 06:04 | 23:55 |
| Piccadilly Gardens | 05:06 | 00:12+1 | 05:06 | 01:12+1 | 06:06 | 23:57 |
| Piccadilly | 05:09 | 00:15+1 | 05:09 | 01:15+1 | 06:09 | 00:00+1 |
| New Islington | 05:12 | 00:18+1 | 05:12 | 01:18+1 | 06:12 | 00:03+1 |
| Holt Town | 05:14 | 00:20+1 | 05:14 | 01:20+1 | 06:14 | 00:05+1 |
| Etihad Campus | 05:15 | 23:51 | 05:15 | 00:51+1 | 06:15 | 23:21 |
| Velopark | 05:18 | 23:54 | 05:18 | 00:54+1 | 06:18 | 23:24 |
| Clayton Hall | 05:21 | 23:57 | 05:21 | 00:57+1 | 06:21 | 23:27 |
| Edge Lane | 05:23 | 23:59 | 05:23 | 00:59+1 | 06:23 | 23:29 |
| Cemetery Road | 05:26 | 00:02+1 | 05:26 | 01:02+1 | 06:26 | 23:32 |
| Droylsden | 05:29 | 00:05+1 | 05:29 | 01:05+1 | 06:29 | 23:35 |
| Audenshaw | 05:32 | 00:08+1 | 05:32 | 01:08+1 | 06:32 | 23:38 |
| Ashton Moss | 05:35 | 00:11+1 | 05:35 | 01:11+1 | 06:35 | 23:41 |
| Ashton West | 05:39 | 00:15+1 | 05:39 | 01:15+1 | 06:39 | 23:45 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | – | – | – | – | – | – |
A +1 means the tram leaves after midnight — it still belongs to the previous day’s service. The full timetable has every departure, not just the first and the last.
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Questions about the Blue Line
About 71 minutes between Ashton-under-Lyne and Bury, from the operator’s timetable.
Every 15 minutes monday to thursday. Where it shares track with another line you will see a tram more often than that.
Yes, with a slightly shorter day: the Sunday timetable starts later and finishes earlier than the rest of the week.
On this page
Tram times on this page come from the Traveline National Dataset (TransXChange, Open Government Licence v3.0); stop names and coordinates from NaPTAN, the Department for Transport stop register. Manchester Metrolink is an independent guide: it is not run by Metrolink or Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and has no connection with either. Check tfgm.com before you travel.