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{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| style           = Manchester Metrolink
| name            = Derker
| type            = [[Manchester Metrolink|Metrolink]] station
| image           = Derker Metrolink station.jpg
| caption         = Derker tram stop, on its opening day
| borough         = {{Comma separated entries|[[Derker]]|[[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]}}
| country         = England
| coordinates     = {{coord|53.54972|-2.10159|type:railwaystation_region:GB-OLD|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name       = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position   = {{gbmapscaled|SD933058|25|SD933058}}
| line            = [[Oldham and Rochdale Line]]
| status          = In operation
| zone            = 3/4
| opened          = 1985
| opening         = 
| original        = [[British Rail]]
| platforms       = 2
| years1          = 3 October 2009
| events1         = Closed as a rail station
| years2          = 16 December 2012<ref name=metrolinkopen />
| events2         = Conversion to Metrolink operation
| mapframe        = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{maplink|from=Manchester Metrolink.map|zoom=13|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|type2=point|marker2=rail-light|marker-color2={{rcr|Manchester Metrolink}}}}
| map_state       = collapsed
| route_map       = {{Rochdale Manchester Metrolink line}}
}}
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|code         = DKR
|manager      = [[Northern Rail]]
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|lowusage0506 = {{increase}} 29,456
|lowusage0607 = {{decrease}} 28,080
|lowusage0708 = {{decrease}} 26,967
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|pte          = [[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive|Greater Manchester]]
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'''Derker''' is a stop on the [[Oldham and Rochdale Line]] (ORL) of [[Greater Manchester]]'s light-rail [[Manchester Metrolink|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<ref name="AtoZRail">{{cite book |editor=Alan Bevan |others=Railway Development Society |title=A—Z of Rail Reopenings |year=1998 |publisher=Warwick Printing Company |location=Warwick |isbn=0-901283-13-4 }}</ref> by [[British Rail]] to replace {{stnlnk|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.<ref name=metrolinkopen>{{cite news |last=Kirby |first=Dean |title=Shaw and Crompton Metrolink trams start this Sunday |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1595998_shaw-and-crompton-metrolink-trams-start-this-sunday |access-date=12 December 2012 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215171525/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1595998_shaw-and-crompton-metrolink-trams-start-this-sunday |archive-date=15 December 2012 }}</ref>

== Service pattern ==
{{Oldham Lines|collapse=yes}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=Manchester Metrolink
|line1=pink|left1=Oldham Mumps|right1=Shaw and Crompton
|line2=grey|left2=Oldham Mumps|right2=Shaw and Crompton
|header3=Proposed
|line4=pink|left4=Oldham Mumps|right4=Cop Road
|line5=grey|left5=Oldham Mumps|right5=Cop Road
|header6 = Historical railways
{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Oldham Mumps}} |next={{stnlnk|Royton Junction}} |route=[[Regional Railways]]<br /><small>[[Oldham Loop Line]]</small> |col={{temporary rail colour|025899}}  }}
}}

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Derker Metrolink station}}
*[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/derker-tram Metrolink stop information]
*[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/derker-tram/local-map Derker area map]

{{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations}}

[[Category:Tram stops in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened by British Rail]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1985]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2009]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2012]]
[[Category:Tram stops on the East Didsbury – Rochdale route]]
[[Category:Tram stops on the East Didsbury – Shaw route]]


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