Exchange Square tram stop
Exchange Square tram stop is a stop in the City Zone of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system, in Exchange Square opposite the Manchester Arndale shopping centre in Manchester city centre. It is part of the Second City Crossing (2CC).[1][2]
| Exchange Square | |
|---|---|
| Metrolink | |
 Exchange Square tram stop on the day of opening. | |
  Exchange Square Location of Exchange Square in Greater Manchester | |
| Location | |
| Place | Exchange Square |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53.4843°N 2.2433°W |
| Grid reference | SJ839986 |
| Platforms | 2 (island) |
| Fare zone information | |
| Metrolink Zone | 1 |
| Present status | In operation |
| History | |
| Opened | 6 December 2015 |
Construction began in 2014 and the line to the stop was tested in November 2015.[3] The stop opened as a north-facing terminus on 6 December 2015 with trams running to Rochdale, until the full Second City Crossing was completed in early 2017.[4][5][6] Once the Second City Crossing opened in February 2017, services extended to East Didsbury.[7]
Services
Peak
- 12 minute service to Rochdale
- 12 minute service to Shaw and Crompton
- 6 minute service to East Didsbury[7]
Offpeak
- 12 minute service to Rochdale
- 12 minute service to East Didsbury[7]
| Preceding station |  Manchester Metrolink |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
towards East Didsbury | East Didsbury – Shaw and Crompton Line | towards Shaw and Crompton |
||
towards East Didsbury | East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Line | towards Rochdale Town Centre |
Gallery
A view of Exchange Square tram stop.
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Exchange Square Metrolink station. |
- Second city crossing route
- Second city crossing Archived 16 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Greater Manchester Transport – 2011
- Charlotte Dobson (1 November 2015). "Pictured: First trams tested on Manchester's Second City Crossing line as Metrolink aim to have Exchange Square open for Christmas". men.
- Jennifer Williams (28 October 2013). "Second cross-city Metrolink tram link gets green light". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- "Metrolink Capital Update" (PDF). TfGM. 2 October 2015.
- "Metrolink Second City Crossing set to open". British Trams Online. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- "Exchange Square". TfGM. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
External links
Manchester railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Centre and North Past, present and future | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
f.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
| Tram stops |
|   | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations |
| |||||||||||||||||||
| History (Timeline) |
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Proposed developments |
| |||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.