Editing Stalybridge (section)

==Transport==

===Road===

The nearest point of access to the motorway network is approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} from the southern boundary of the town at junction four of the [[M67 motorway|M67]]. The M67 is a feeder to the [[M60 motorway|M60]] Manchester orbital motorway and the city of [[Sheffield]]. The [[A635 road|A635]] [[Great Britain road numbering scheme|A road]] passes through the town and the A6018 commences at Stalybridge. The B6175 and B6176 Huddersfield Road also pass through the town.

===Railway===

[[Stalybridge railway station]] is on the former [[London & North Western Railway]] route from [[Liverpool]] to [[Leeds]]. [[TransPennine Express]] services between Liverpool, Leeds and destinations in north-east England run via [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] or [[Manchester Victoria railway station|Manchester Victoria]], then rejoin the LNWR route line at Stalybridge.

The [[Stockport to Stalybridge Line]] only now carries two parliamentary services, one in each direction on Saturday mornings, to avoid closing the intermediate stations [[Reddish South railway station|Reddish South]] and [[Denton railway station|Denton]].

===Buses===

[[File:Stalybridge Bus Station - geograph.org.uk - 1200837.jpg|thumb|Stalybridge bus station]]
Stalybridge bus station is run by [[Transport for Greater Manchester]].
The majority of services that serve the bus station are run by [[Stagecoach Manchester]] (most of which under the [[Bee Network]]) whilst other operators include Nexus Move and Stotts Tours.
There are frequent buses running to [[Ashton-under-Lyne]]. Buses also run to [[Glossop]], [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]], [[Manchester]], [[Oldham]] and [[Saddleworth]].

===Tram===

A tram network operated by the [[SHMD Joint Board]] ran lines through Stalybridge from 1904 to 1945, until their replacement by buses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Joint Transport and Electricity Board 1903-1969 |url=https://petergould.co.uk/fleetlists/shmd1/ |website=petergould.co.uk |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> The second-generation tramway [[Manchester Metrolink]] currently terminates at nearby Ashton-under-Lyne for connections to the city centre.

===Canal===

[[File:Stalybridge6049.JPG|right|thumb|Huddersfield Narrow Canal, towards the market hall from lock 4W]]

[[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]] passing through Stalybridge is part of the [[South Pennine Ring]] and runs from the junction with the [[Huddersfield Broad Canal]] near [[Aspley, West Yorkshire|Aspley Basin]] at Huddersfield to the junction with the [[Ashton Canal]] at Whitefields Basin in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]]. The canal was completed in 1811,<ref name="Ref_aj">[http://www.huddersfieldcanal.com/canal/canalhistory.htm History of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513152817/http://www.huddersfieldcanal.com/canal/canalhistory.htm |date=13 May 2008 }}</ref> but was closed to navigation in 1951. It was reopened in 2001 and is now managed by the [[Canal and River Trust]].