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Manchester - approx. 430,000 inh.; 2.6 mill. in Greater Manchester metropolitan county.

Tramway ('Metrolink')
- network length ~98.5 km
- street-level operation (high platforms) in the central area, on outer branches mainly on recuperated rail tracks.
- 1435 mm gauge
- rolling stock: Bombardier Flexity Swift M5000 (2.65 m wide, 28.4 m long)
- 9 lines (as of 22 March 2020):

06-04-1992: Bury – Victoria
27-04-1992: Victoria – G-Mex (now Deansgate-Castlefield)
15-06-1992: G-Mex – Altrincham
20-07-1992: Market St/Mosley St – Piccadilly
06-12-1999: Cornbrook – Broadway
21-07-2000: Broadway – Eccles
31-03-2003: Shudehill stop added
02-09-2005: Cornbrook station added
20-09-2010: MediaCityUK branch
18-04-2011: Abraham Moss station added
07-07-2011: Trafford Bar - St Werburgh's Road (2.7 km)
13-06-2012: Victoria - Oldham Mumps (10.7 km)
16-12-2012: Oldham Mumps - Shaw & Crompton (4.1 km)
11-02-2013: Piccadilly -Droylsden (5.9 km)
28-02-2013: Shaw & Crompton - Rochdale Railway Station (7.4 km)
23-05-2013: St Werburgh's Road - East Didsbury (4.4 km)
09-10-2013: Droylsden - Ashton-under-Lyne (3.4 km)
16-12-2013: Queens Road stop replaced Woodlands Road
27-01-2014: Freehold - Oldham Mumps - Derker (Oldham town centre route replacing former direct route)
31-03-2014: Rochdale Railway Station - Rochdale Town Centre
03-11-2014: St Werburgh's Road - Manchester Airport (14.5 km)
06-12-2015: Victoria - Exchange Square (0.3 km)
26-02-2017: Exchange Square - St Peter's Square (0.7 km; Second City Crossing)
22-03-2020: Pomona - The Trafford Centre (5.4 km)

Transport for Greater Manchester

Metrolink at Wikipedia

British Trams Online

Manchester Metrolink at Trams.uk (not updated)