THE GS TRAM SITE

MANCHESTER

UNITED KINGDOM

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2018

The Manchester tram network after the introduction of route numbers.


Manchester tram photo

Manchester 2018 tram map

INSET: CENTRAL MANCHESTER

Manchester 2018 downtown tram map



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

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Keolis/Amey, on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)

1 Altrincham - Bury Altrincham - Brooklands - Stretford - Old Trafford - Trafford Bar - Cornbrook - Deansgate-Castlefield - Victoria - Prestwich - Bury
2 Altrincham - Piccadilly Altrincham - Brooklands - Stretford - Old Trafford - Trafford Bar - Cornbrook - Deansgate-Castlefield - Piccadilly Gardens - Piccadilly
3 Eccles - Ashton-under-Lyne Eccles - Salford Quays) - (Off-peak only: Media City UK) - Cornbrook - Deansgate-Castlefield - Piccadilly Gardens - Piccadilly - Etihad Campus - Droylsden - Ashton-under-Lyne
4 Bury - Piccadilly Bury - Prestwich - Victoria Station - Piccadilly Gardens - Piccadilly
5 Rochdale Town Centre - East Didsbury Rochdale Town Centre - Rochdale Station - Shaw and Crompton - Oldham - Failsworth - Victoria - Exchange Square - Deansgate-Castlefield - Cornbrook - Trafford Bar - St Werburgh's Road - East Didsbury
6 Manchester Airport - Victoria Manchester Airport - Wythenshawe - Baguley - St Werburgh's Road - Trafford Bar - Cornbrook - Deansgate-Castlefield - Victoria
7 Media City UK - Etihad Campus Media City UK - Cornbrook - Deansgate-Castlefield - Piccadilly Gardens - Piccadilly - Etihad Campus


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

PRINT

WIKIS

WEB SITES


Special thanks to Grzegorz Madrjas of Warsaw, Poland, for notifying me about the introduction of a route numbering scheme in Manchester.


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