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Cornbrook tram stop, a major interchange on the Metrolink network. Since opening in 1992, the Manchester Metrolink light-rail/tram system has grown to a network of 99 tram stops. The system opened on 6 April 1992 with 10 tram stops from Manchester Victoria station to Bury, beginning Phase 1 of the network's
New Metrolink stops: Stops to serve new housing developments are proposed at Elton Reservoir and Sandhills on the Bury Line, and Cop Road on the Oldham and Rochdale Line. Airport Line extension to Terminal 2: A short extension of the Airport Line from the current Manchester Airport station to the site of the expanded Terminal 2.
Beginning in October 2009 with the closure of the 14-mile (23 km) Oldham Loop heavy rail line, Phase 3a involved converting this line to light rail operation, including rebuilding all stations on the route and adding several new stops as well, [72] [73] [74] re-opening a disused 1.7-mile (2.7 km) section of the Cheshire Lines Committee railway ...
New Islington is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) and Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] after a three-day free trial for local residents. [ 1 ]
[7] [8] In October 2009, nine stations on the former Oldham Loop Line closed for conversion, [9] and future plans include the use of tram-trains to allow Metrolink to serve existing National Rail stations. [10] Manchester Piccadilly, the principal station for the City of Manchester and busiest station in Greater Manchester by number of passengers.
Deansgate-Castlefield is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system, on Deansgate in the Castlefield area of Manchester city centre.It opened on 27 April 1992 as G-Mex tram stop, taking its name from the adjacent G-Mex Centre, a concert, conference and exhibition venue; the G-Mex Centre was rebranded as Manchester Central in 2007, prompting the Metrolink stop to be renamed ...
Central Park is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of Metrolink's expansion, and is located in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England. The station was constructed in 2005 but was unused until 2012. [1] [2]
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.