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Manchester Metrolink[ note 1 ] is a tram / light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. [ 10 ] The network has 99 stops along 64 miles (103 km) of standard-gauge route, [ 1 ] making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom. [ 11 ] Over the 2022/23 financial year 36 million passenger journeys were made on the system.
List of Manchester Metrolink tram stops. 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 ...
The Second City Crossing (also known as 2CC) [114] is the second Metrolink route across Manchester city centre, which opened in 2017. Its 0.8-mile (1.3 km) route begins at St Peter's Square tram stop , and branches off north-west to run along Princess Street and Albert Square , before turning north-east along Cross Street and Corporation Street ...
Airport Line (Manchester Metrolink) A M5000 tram passing over the purpose built viaduct over the River Mersey on the Airport Line. The Airport Line is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Manchester, England, running from Manchester city centre to Manchester Airport via Wythenshawe. It opened in November 2014 as part of phase three of the ...
An existing Metrolink M5000 tram at Piccadilly. A class 399 tram-train vehicle in operation on the Sheffield Supertram network. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is investigating the use of similar vehicles to extend services onto under-utilised heavy rail lines across Greater Manchester and beyond.
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.
An M5000 tram at Exchange Quay tram stop. The Eccles Line is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester running from Manchester to Eccles via Salford Quays, with a short spur to MediaCityUK. It was opened in phases during 1999–2000 as part of the second phase of the system's development. The spur to MediaCityUK was opened ...
A M5000 tram between Ashton West and Ashton-under-Lyne, running along Lord Sheldon Way. The East Manchester Line (EML) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester, England, running from Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne via Droylsden and Audenshaw. The line opened in 2013 as part of phase three of the system's expansion.