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{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| style           = Manchester Metrolink
| name            = Shaw and Crompton
| type            = [[Manchester Metrolink|Metrolink]] station
| image           = Shaw and Crompton Metrolink stop.jpg
| caption         = Shaw and Crompton tram stop, on its opening day
| borough         = {{Comma separated entries|[[Shaw and Crompton]]|[[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]}}
| country         = England
| coordinates     = {{coord|53.57618|-2.08953|type:railwaystation_region:GB-OLD|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name       = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position   = {{gbmapscaled|SD941088|25|SD941088}}
| line            = [[Oldham and Rochdale Line]]
| status          = In operation
| zone            = 4
| opened          = {{start date|1863|11|02|df=y}}
| opening         = 
| former          = Shaw
| original        = [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]
| postgroup       = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
| pregroup        = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
| platforms       = 3
| years1          = 2009
| events1         = Closed as a rail station
| years2          = 16 December 2012<ref name=metrolinkopen /><ref name=bbcopen>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20746824|publisher=bbc.co.uk|date=2012-12-16|access-date=2012-12-16|title=Metrolink stations 'to boost two Greater Manchester areas'}}</ref>
| events2         = Conversion to Metrolink operation
| years3          = 1 December 1897; 6 May 1974; 15 May 1989
| events3         = Renamed
| mapframe        = yes
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| map_state       = collapsed
| route_map       = {{Rochdale Manchester Metrolink line}}
}}
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|image_name = Shaw & Crompton Signal Cabin.png
|code       = SHA
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'''Shaw and Crompton''' is a [[tram 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 [[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.

==History==
{{see also|History of Manchester Metrolink}}
[[File:Shaw & Crompton Signal Cabin.png|thumb|left|Former signal box, demolished during conversion to light rail]]
The railway line between {{stnlnk|Oldham Mumps}} and {{stnlnk|Rochdale}} was first proposed in 1845, but not authorised until 1859.<ref>{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=John |author-link=John Marshall (railway historian) |title=The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2 |year=1970 |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-4906-6 |page=16 }}</ref> The line was opened to freight trains on 12 August 1863, and for passengers on 2 November.<ref name=Marshall19>{{harvnb|Marshall|1970|p=19}}</ref> One of the four new stations opened that day was Shaw, {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km}} from Oldham Mumps.<ref name=Marshall19 /><ref name=Butt>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=209 }}</ref> The new line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction created a Middleton Junction to Rochdale route. In 1880 a line was built from Oldham Werneth to Thorpes Bridge Junction near Newton Heath. Subsequently, the whole Thorpes Bridge Junction to Rochdale East Junction route became known as the [[Oldham Loop Line]]. The pattern of train services on the Oldham Loop Line involved a greater number of trains serving the Oldham stations, and less services continuing on to Rochdale. In the 1960s and 1970s fewer and fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, and in May 1972 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this part of the Oldham Loop including Shaw and Crompton Station would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because [[SELNEC PTE]] (which became [[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive]] (GMPTE) in 1974) agreed to fund the continuation of services. The involvement of the GMPTE led to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section.<ref name="disused">{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/shaw_and_crompton/index.shtml|title=Disused Stations: Shaw & Crompton Station|work=disused-stations.org.uk|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>

Intended originally to serve [[List of Shaw and Crompton Mills|local cotton mills]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/Rail_history.html |title=Manchester Metrolink — A Brief Rail History |publisher=[[Light Rail Transit Association]] (LRTA) |access-date=12 August 2006 }}</ref> the station later became used by commuters. It was renamed three times: originally named Shaw, it became Shaw and Crompton on 1 December 1897;<ref name=Butt /> Shaw on 6 May 1974;<ref name=Butt /><ref>{{cite journal |editor1-first=J.N. |editor1-last=Slater |date=July 1974 |title=Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR |journal=[[The Railway Magazine|Railway Magazine]] |volume=120 |issue=879 |publisher=IPC Transport Press Ltd |location=London |issn=0033-8923 |page=363 }}</ref> and finally Shaw and Crompton on 15 May 1989.<ref name=Butt /><ref name="disused"/>

The station had a [[signal box|signal cabin]] (which supervised the southern end of the single track section to Rochdale, along with the turnback siding used by terminating trains from Manchester) and one of the United Kingdom's sixteen hundred road [[level crossing]]s. The box was closed and demolished during the conversion work, whilst the crossing is now protected by traffic lights.

After being initially shelved, plans to turn the line into part of Greater Manchester's [[Manchester Metrolink|Metrolink]] network were accepted by the government on 6 July 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5152948.stm|title=Metrolink extension is announced|work=BBC News|date=6 July 2006|access-date=6 July 2006}}</ref>

The station closed on 3 October 2009, was converted to light rail and re-opened on 16 December 2012.<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|archive-date=15 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215171525/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1595998_shaw-and-crompton-metrolink-trams-start-this-sunday|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=bbcopen/> The new station was built on the opposite side of Beal Lane,<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaw and Crompton Local Area Map|url=https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/shaw-and-crompton-tram/local-map|publisher=Metrolink|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> removing the need for terminating trams to cross the road.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaw and Crompton Metrolink stop|url=https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/shaw-and-crompton-tram/stop-map|publisher=Metrolink|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Services were extended from Shaw northbound to Rochdale via Milnrow on 28 February 2013.<ref name="tfgm_feb_2013_opening">{{cite web|url=http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=175|title=Next stop: Rochdale!|publisher=[[Transport for Greater Manchester]]|date=20 February 2013|access-date=20 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523001932/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=175|archive-date=23 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oldham and Rochdale line|url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/Oldham-and-Rochdale-line.aspx|publisher=Metrolink|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref>

A [[park and ride]] facility with 93 car parking spaces is located at the station.<ref>Transport for Greater Manchester, [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/park-and-ride/shaw-and-crompton-tram Shaw and Crompton Metrolink park and ride], accessed 9 January 2023</ref>

== Service pattern ==
{{Oldham Lines|collapse=yes}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=Manchester Metrolink
|line1=pink|left1=Derker|right1=Newhey
|line2=grey|left2=Derker
|header3=Proposed
|line4=pink|left4=Cop Road|right4=Newhey
|line5=grey|left5=Cop Road
|header6 = Historical railways
{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Royton Junction}} |next={{stnlnk|New Hey}}|route=[[L&YR]]<br /><small>[[Oldham Loop Line]]</small> |col={{LYR colour}} }}
}}

== References and notes ==
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==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/shaw-and-crompton-tram Metrolink stop information]
* [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/shaw-and-crompton-tram/local-map Shaw and Crompton area map]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120211143030/http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/Oldham_Rochdale.html Light Rail Transit Association: Manchester to Oldham and Rochdale]

{{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations}}

[[Category:Tram stops in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]]
[[Category:Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863]]
[[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]]
[[Category:Shaw and Crompton]]