Metrolink

The Metrolink system in Greater Manchester currently covers 37km and serves 37 stops. Services commenced between Bury, Altrincham and Manchester Piccadilly in 1992 with a fleet of 32 trams connecting two former railway lines via a street-running section in Manchester city centre, and for the first time providing a rail link between that city’s Victoria and Piccadilly stations. An extension to Eccles via Salford opened in 2000. New trams are currently being delivered and an additional 32km of route with 27 new stops is under construction, bringing Metrolink trams to MediaCityUK, Droyslen/Ashton-under-Lyme, Chorlton/Didsbury, and Oldham/Rochdale.

Metrolink is operated by Stagecoach Metrolink.

www.metrolink.co.uk