THE GS TRAM SITE

MANCHESTER

UNITED KINGDOM

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7 July 2011

The Manchester tram network after the opening of the South Manchester line as far as St Werburgh's Road.


Manchester tram photo

Manchester 2011 tram map



I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

Operator: The RATP Group , on behalf of the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA)

TRAM ROUTES (TRAMLINK)

The route numbers are for convenience, and were not in use by the operator.

  1 Bury - Prestwich - Victoria Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Trafford Bar - Old Trafford - Stretford - Brooklands - Altrincham
  2 Piccadilly Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Victoria Station - Prestwich - Bury
  3 Piccadilly Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Trafford Bar - Old Trafford - Stretford - Brooklands - Altrincham
  4 Piccadilly Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Salford Quays - Eccles
  5 Piccadilly Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Salford Quays - Media City
  6 Victoria Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Trafford Bar - St Werburgh's Road

NB: The above routes are weekday daytime services. Routes 1 and 5 do not run on weekday evenings, and on weekends and public holidays. When route 5 does not operate, route 4 also stops at Media City.



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

Tramways

GAUGE

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Museum of Transport , in Smedley, just north of Victoria Station, has a horse-drawn tram, two early electric trams and the prototype Metrolink tram from the early 1990s.


SOURCES

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WIKIS

WEB SITES



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