City Centre: Metrolink

Extending the service to the Airport and East Didsbury
A second city centre Metrolink line will provide a more resilient network for journeys through the city centre while a much larger Metrolink system will provide new tram links into the city centre.

New links will run to the Airport, Ashton-under-Lyne, Didsbury and Oldham and Rochdale town centres. Funding has been earmarked for a line into Trafford Park.

Fast and frequent
The expanded Metrolink system will provide trams every six minutes on existing routes, and Piccadilly to Droylsden, Victoria to Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Victoria to East Didsbury.

There will be services every 12 minutes from Piccadilly to Manchester Airport via Wythenshawe town centre. Funding has also been earmarked for a 12 minute service from Piccadilly to the Trafford Centre.

More spaces
Funding is already in place for all rush hour Altrincham-Bury services to run double trams by 2010. Under the TIF package, Altrincham to Bury trams that call at Piccadilly will also double their capacity by 2012, creating space for around 200 more people per trip.