Railway station (1847–2009) Oldham Mumps railway station opened on 1 November 1847 to serve the town of
Oldham. The station was a primary station located on the
Oldham Loop Line northeast of
Manchester Victoria. The name of the station is taken from its situation within the Mumps area of Oldham, which itself probably derived from the archaic word "mumper", slang for a
beggar. The first railway to reach Oldham was a branch line which opened in March 1842, constructed by the
Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR). This line ran from a junction at
Middleton, from the
Manchester to Leeds line which had opened the previous year, to
Oldham Werneth railway station: Oldham Werneth was located inconveniently at the edge of the town centre, so in 1847, the line was extended one mile to Oldham Mumps station. By this time the Manchester and Leeds Railway had become part of the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR). This building was later demolished in the 1990s, and the station facilities were concentrated on the main island platform, which was reached by an underpass. The canopy was restored, and installed at . File:Oldham Mumps railway station in 1978.jpg|The station in 1978 Image:Geograph-820158-by-Peter-Whatley.jpg|Station entrance in 1989 File:Oldham Mumps station 2007.JPG|Station entrance in 2007
Temporary tram stop (2012–14) In June 2010, the
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive announced that as part of the conversion of the former Oldham loop, it would submit a planning application for a temporary Metrolink terminus at Oldham Mumps, close to the site of the former railway station. Services to the temporary terminus commenced on Wednesday 13 June 2012. The temporary tram stop was reached by crossing Oldham Way or could be accessed by the free
Metroshuttle service, which linked the station with the town centre and
bus station. The "temporary" Oldham Mumps tram stop was used as an interim measure, while the new street running tram line through Oldham town centre was built, and was closed on 18 January 2014. Its closure allowed for a stretch of track which had run through the station to be permanently abandoned.
Permanent tram stop The permanent tram stop opened on 27 January 2014, along with the Oldham town centre tram line on the site of the former
B&Q store and is also a bus interchange. ==Since closure==