The following Route Guide was written by Peter Courtney for his website at TheTrams.co.uk and have been reproduced here with his permission. [LINK]
The initial Metrolink network was formed of two converted railway lines, linked across the city centre. Since opening in 1992, one extension has been completed and several more are planned.
The present Metrolink system consists of three main lines and a city centre spur. The original routes, now referred to as Phase 1, run from Manchester to Bury in the north and Altrincham in the south. These lines were converted from main line railway routes, and linked across the city centre by a street-running section from Victoria station to G-Mex (next to Deansgate station). There is also a spur in the city to Piccadilly main line station. These lines opened in 1992.
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 The initial Metrolink network was formed of two converted railway lines, linked across the city centre. Since opening in 1992, one extension has been completed and several more are planned.
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The Altrincham line was part of the original, Phase One, network. The line runs along reserved track, from G-Mex to Altrincham, a town in the southwest corner of Greater Manchester. There is a |
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The major part of the Metrolink construction project was linking the two railway lines (Manchester–Bury and Manchester–Altrincham) across the city centre. |
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The Bury line was part of the original, Phase One, network. The line runs along reserved track, from Victoria to Bury, a town on the northern edge of Greater Manchester. The line uses the former |
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Metrolink's first extension, known as Phase Two, consisted of the Eccles line. The first section to open, in December 1999, was from a new transfer stop at Cornbrook, through the Salford Docks area to Broadway. |
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Phase 3, also known as the Big Bang, was an ambitious expansion programme which would have seen trams running to Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport.
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