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Manchester Metrolink [note 1] is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. [11] The network has 99 stops along 64 miles (103 km) of standard-gauge route, [12] making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom. [13]
Airport Line: Manchester: Chorlton-cum-Hardy-2016: Was to open between the current Barlow Moor Road and Sale Water Park tram stops, on the western end of Hardy Road in Chorlton. Haveley: Airport Line: Manchester: Wythenshawe-2016: Was to open immediately east of the M56 after the Metrolink bridge over it near Martinscroft. Hough End: Airport ...
The line runs mostly on reserved track alignments with short sections of street–running. The southern half of the route mostly uses the wide grass verges alongside roads. [2] From Manchester city centre, the route is shared with the Altrincham Line as far as Trafford Bar, and then the South Manchester Line as far as St Werburgh's Road. The ...
Description: Map of Greater Manchester, UK with the Metrolink network shown.. The routes are shown in the appropriate colours. Date: 4 February 2013: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData.
In January 2019, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority published a draft delivery plan detailing its transport priorities for the next five years. Contained within the document are options to extend some Metrolink lines as well as expansion of Metrolink-style services onto the local heavy rail network using tram-train vehicles. [1]
The Trafford Park Line is a light rail line on the Manchester Metrolink network in Greater Manchester, England, running from Pomona to The Trafford Centre. Its name derives from Trafford Park, an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, and the first planned industrial estate in the world. [1] The line opened in March 2020.
The South Manchester Line (SML) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Manchester, England, running from Manchester city centre to Didsbury.The line opened as far as St. Werburgh's Road in 2011 and then to East Didsbury in 2013 as part of phase three of the system's expansion, along a former railway trackbed.
Description: Map of Greater Manchester, UK with the Metrolink network shown.. The map shows all routes open to general public passenger services by 31 March 2014. Date: 10 May 2013