Exchange Square tram stop

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°29′03″N 2°14′36″W / 53.4843°N 2.2433°W / 53.4843; -2.2433Coordinates: 53°29′03″N 2°14′36″W / 53.4843°N 2.2433°W / 53.4843; -2.2433
Grid reference SJ839986
Platforms 2 (island)
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone D (City)
Present status In operation
History
Opened 6 December 2015
UK Trams portal

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]

Construction began in 2014 and the line to the stop was tested in November 2015.[3] The stop opened 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 – Rochdale Town Centre Line

References

  1. ↑ Second city crossing route
  2. ↑ Second city crossing Archived 16 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Greater Manchester Transport – 2011
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Jennifer Williams (2013-10-28). "Second cross-city Metrolink tram link gets green light". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Metrolink Capital Update" (PDF). TfGM. 2 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Metrolink Second City Crossing set to open". British Trams Online. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Exchange Square". TfGM. Retrieved 28 January 2018.


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