Before 1991, it was a railway station called Warwick Road; it reopened as a tram stop on 15 June 1992 with its current name.

[citation needed] Warwick Road closed as a British Rail station on 25 December 1991[13] (the last trains having run on 24 December 1991) for conversion to light rail operation,[14] and reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992, at which point it was renamed Old Trafford.

[15] As a result, Old Trafford Station regularly faces heavy usage from the crowds attending cricket and football matches and concerts.

The football ground is also served by the much closer Wharfside tram stop on the Trafford Park Line, opposite the stadium.

The pedestrian underpass was closed and passengers instead cross the tram line to change platforms.

A new match day gating system was installed and the station was redecorated with the new yellow and silver Metrolink corporate identity.