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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the historic railway. For the present Metrolink line, see <a href="Oldham_and_Rochdale_Line" title="Oldham and Rochdale Line">Oldham and Rochdale Line</a>.</div>

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</style><div style="margin-left:55px"><div style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:55px;font-size:113.63636363636%">Oldham Loop Line</div></div>

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The <b>Oldham Loop Line</b> was a <a href="Commuter_rail" title="Commuter rail">suburban-line</a> in <a href="Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>, England, used by trains that ran from <a href="Manchester_Victoria_station" title="Manchester Victoria station">Manchester Victoria</a> to <a href="Rochdale_railway_station" title="Rochdale railway station">Rochdale</a> via <a href="Oldham_Mumps_railway_station" title="Oldham Mumps railway station">Oldham Mumps</a>. Services on the line at the time of its closure were operated by <a href="Northern_Rail" title="Northern Rail">Northern Rail</a>.

</p><p>The line closed on 3 October 2009<sup id="cite_ref-GMPTE_information_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMPTE_information-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for conversion during 2009–2012 to <a href="Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> use for <a href="Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Metrolink</a> services;<sup id="cite_ref-metrolinkconversion_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metrolinkconversion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-conversion-lrta_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conversion-lrta-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the route now carries trams and is known as the <a href="Oldham_and_Rochdale_Line" title="Oldham and Rochdale Line">Oldham and Rochdale Line</a> (ORL).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>The Oldham Loop diverged from the <a href="Caldervale_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldervale Line">Caldervale Line</a> at Thorpes Bridge Junction in <a href="Newton_Heath" title="Newton Heath">Newton Heath</a>, <a href="Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> and re-joined it at Rochdale East Junction. The line was <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">

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</style><span class="frac">12<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> miles (19.5 km) long, and was double-track from Thorpes Bridge Junction to <a href="Shaw_%26_Crompton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw & Crompton railway station">Shaw & Crompton</a>, and single-line from Shaw & Crompton to Rochdale East Junction. There were two tunnels on the route between <a href="Oldham_Werneth" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldham Werneth">Oldham Werneth</a> and <a href="Oldham_Central_railway_station" title="Oldham Central railway station">Oldham Central railway stations</a>. There were nine intermediate stations on the route. In the early 1970s the line from Shaw & Crompton to Rochdale was reduced to single track working. This was due to save money on maintenance when services were much reduced.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>The history of the Oldham Loop Line was intertwined with the early history of railways in the Manchester and Oldham area, and to some extent also with the geography of Oldham which meant that there was no direct Manchester to Oldham line until quite late in the 19th century.

</p><p>The first railway line to be built in the area was the <a href="Manchester_and_Leeds_Railway" title="Manchester and Leeds Railway">Manchester and Leeds Railway</a> (M&LR) which opened on 4 July 1839 to Littleborough and throughout on 1 March 1841. Although this line ran close to Rochdale, it missed out Middleton and more importantly Oldham as well. A station was built at <a href="Mills_Hill_railway_station" title="Mills Hill railway station">Mills Hill</a> to provide a railhead for Middleton and Oldham. This was only intended as a short time measure given that Oldham was already a substantial manufacturing centre by this date. The first railway into Oldham was a branch from <a href="Middleton_Junction_railway_station" title="Middleton Junction railway station">Middleton Junction</a> to <a href="Oldham_Werneth_railway_station" title="Oldham Werneth railway station">Oldham Werneth</a> which opened on 31 March 1842. This line included the <a href="Werneth_Incline" class="mw-redirect" title="Werneth Incline">Werneth Incline</a> which had a gradient of 1 in 27 and was one of the steepest lines in the country regularly used by passenger trains.<sup id="cite_ref-disused-stations.org.uk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disused-stations.org.uk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The situation of the first station in Oldham on the outskirts of town was not entirely satisfactory, and in 1847 the <a href="Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway" title="Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway">Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway</a> (L&YR), the successor to the M&LR, extended the line from Oldham Werneth to a new station at <a href="Oldham_Mumps_railway_station" title="Oldham Mumps railway station">Oldham Mumps</a>. There was also an intermediate station at <a href="Oldham_Central_railway_station" title="Oldham Central railway station">Oldham Central</a>. The line and the two new stations opened on 1 November 1847.<sup id="cite_ref-disused-stations_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disused-stations-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>There was a further extension of the line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction on 1 November 1863. This line included stations at <a href="Milnrow_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Milnrow railway station">Milnrow</a>, <a href="New_Hey_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hey railway station">New Hey</a> and <a href="Shaw_%26_Crompton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw & Crompton railway station">Shaw & Crompton</a>. A branch off this line to <a href="Royton_railway_station" title="Royton railway station">Royton</a> was opened on 21 March 1864, followed on 1 July 1864 by <a href="Royton_Junction_railway_station" title="Royton Junction railway station">Royton Junction railway station</a>.

</p><p>The operational problems of the Werneth Incline had led to the consideration of a more direct route from Oldham Werneth to Manchester to bypass it as early as 1848, but it was not until August 1876 that construction of the line began. It took nearly four years to complete, opening on 17 May 1880 along with the stations at <a href="Hollinwood_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollinwood railway station">Hollinwood</a> and <a href="Dean_Lane_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Lane railway station">Dean Lane</a>. <a href="Failsworth_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Failsworth station">Failsworth station</a> opened slightly later on 26 April 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the construction of this section of line the whole route from Rochdale East Junction to Thorpes Bridge Junction, Newton Heath was complete and it became known as the Oldham Loop Line.

</p><p>In the early-1920s the L&YR proposed to <a href="Railway_electrification_in_Great_Britain" title="Railway electrification in Great Britain">electrify</a> the Oldham Loop Line using a unique 1,200 volt side-contact <a href="Third_rail" title="Third rail">third rail</a> system, following the successful electrification of the nearby <a href="Bury_Line" title="Bury Line">Bury Line</a> with this system. The scheme progressed to an advanced stage, however with the reorganisations of railway companies in the 1920s, the new management had no interest in pursuing the scheme and it was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closures">Closures</h2></div>

<p>The Royton to Royton Junction line was listed for closure by the <a href="Beeching_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeching Report">Beeching Axe</a> of the 1960s. Royton closed to goods services on 2 November 1964 and passenger services on 18 April 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although not mentioned by Beeching, a further closure in the 1960s was <a href="Oldham_Central_railway_station" title="Oldham Central railway station">Oldham Central</a> which also closed on 18 April 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Royton Junction station, renamed as Royton, stayed open but by the 1980s a replacement for it was being considered. <a href="Derker_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Derker railway station">Derker</a> opened on 30 August 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a short period trains stopped at either Derker or Royton, but eventually Royton (formerly Royton Junction) railway station was closed on 8 May 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the last station closure before the whole of the Oldham Loop Line was closed for conversion to Metrolink.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passenger_train_services">Passenger train services</h2></div>

<p>The pattern of passenger services over the line was always that all trains from Manchester ran to Oldham Mumps, but fewer continued on to terminate in a bay platform at <a href="Rochdale_railway_station" title="Rochdale railway station">Rochdale</a>. It was not usual for trains to terminate at Oldham Mumps and instead they ran on to Royton (until its closure in 1966), and subsequently to <a href="Shaw_%26_Crompton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw & Crompton railway station">Shaw & Crompton</a>. While the Middleton Junction to Oldham Werneth line was open there were a few services over that route to Oldham Mumps, Royton or Rochdale. By 1950 this had reduced to a handful of trains per day, and the services over the line reduced further until its closure in early 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-disused-stations.org.uk_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disused-stations.org.uk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>During the late 1960s and early 1970s only slightly fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, but in May 1972 the <a href="Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Secretary of State for Transport</a> announced that this part of the Oldham Loop would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because what later became the <a href="Greater_Manchester_Passenger_Transport_Executive" title="Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive">Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive</a> (GMPTE) agreed to fund the continuation of services. The involvement of the GMPTE also led to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section.<sup id="cite_ref-disused-stations_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disused-stations-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>From 2007 Network Rail made the annual leaf fall timetable permanent year round due to concerns over the condition of the track and performance. Trains were timetabled to connect with the Caldervale Line services to <a href="Leeds_railway_station" title="Leeds railway station">Leeds</a> via <a href="Hebden_Bridge_railway_station" title="Hebden Bridge railway station">Hebden Bridge</a> and <a href="Bradford_Interchange" title="Bradford Interchange">Bradford Interchange</a>. All stations and all scheduled train services were operated by <a href="Northern_Rail_(Serco-Abellio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Rail (Serco-Abellio)">Northern Rail</a> and its predecessors. During the week, trains ran every 15 minutes on the route, with express trains leaving Manchester at 00 and 30 minutes past the hour calling at Oldham Mumps, Shaw & Crompton and all stations to Rochdale, and stopping trains calling at all stations between Manchester and Shaw & Crompton, leaving at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour. This skip-stop service gave an effective half hourly service frequency to the stations on the line. During the evenings and on Sundays services were less frequent with an hourly service calling at all stations.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Goods_services">Goods services</h2></div>

<p>At the time of closure the line's sole regular goods service was to the waste management plant next to <a href="Dean_Lane_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Lane railway station">Dean Lane railway station</a> at the southern end of the Oldham Loop. Usually only a single train a day used this facility. Its current operation is unaffected by the conversion to Metrolink.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rolling_stock">Rolling stock</h2></div>

<p>In the period up to closure all passenger services were operated by diesel multiple units, as the line was not electrified. The most common types of unit were <a href="British_Rail_Class_142" title="British Rail Class 142">Class 142</a> and <a href="British_Rail_Class_150" title="British Rail Class 150">Class 150</a> with occasional <a href="British_Rail_Class_153" title="British Rail Class 153">Class 153</a> and <a href="British_Rail_Class_156" title="British Rail Class 156">Class 156</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Last_day_events">Last day events</h2></div>

<p>Events held on 3 October 2009, the last day of operation, included the naming of Class 156 unit no 156 466 as <i>Gracie Fields</i> to commemorate the Oldham Loop Line's 146 years of history. A steam special hauled by locomotive <a href="LMS_Stanier_Class_5_4-6-0_5231" title="LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5231">45231</a> was the last steam train over the line. It was followed later in the day by a heritage diesel railtour. The last train from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale departed at 23:25.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Metrolink_conversion">Metrolink conversion</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Oldham_and_Rochdale_Line" title="Oldham and Rochdale Line">Oldham and Rochdale Line</a></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Manchester_Metrolink#Phase_3" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink — Phase 3</a></div>

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<p>The Oldham Loop was included in proposals in 1984 for conversion to <a href="Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> operation. The proposed <i>Light Rapid Transit</i> system was intended to run from Rochdale via Oldham through Manchester Victoria and across Manchester City Centre via on-street tram lines.<sup id="cite_ref-brochure1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brochure1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system eventually came into operation in 1992 as <a href="Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a>. While the Oldham loop line was not included in the first phase of Metrolink, the line is now open, having been converted to Metrolink operation as part of its <a href="Manchester_Metrolink#Phase_3" title="Manchester Metrolink">Phase 3</a> development.

</p><p>Work started on the conversion in 2009, after heavy rail services ceased on 3 October 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-metrolinkconversion_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metrolinkconversion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-conversion-lrta_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conversion-lrta-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Replacement bus services were planned to operate until the tram service commenced, but lack of patronage led to their withdrawal within months. Pending completion, former rail users had the choice between normal bus services, none of which ran along the complete length of the loop line, or driving to an alternative station. The latter occurred immediately after the Oldham Loop closure, leading to severe overcrowding on the Caldervale line<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response TfGM stepped in to pay for the former loop line stock to be used to strengthen Manchester-Rochdale services.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>GMPTE originally announced that Metrolink services would be introduced as follows <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li>Manchester to Central Park (Monsall) – spring 2011</li>

<li>Manchester to Oldham Mumps – autumn 2011</li>

<li>Manchester to Rochdale station – spring 2012</li></ul>

<p>By summer 2011, the project was running several months behind schedule. The reasons include diversion of resources to other Metrolink extensions to Chorlton and Ashton (themselves badly behind schedule) and issues with the new signalling system proposed for systemwide use. Announced dates for Oldham loop openings were shown on Metrolink's own site as follows on 11 August 2011 <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li>Manchester to Central Park – winter 2011</li>

<li>Manchester to Oldham Mumps via former railway line – spring 2012</li>

<li>Manchester to Rochdale station – summer 2012</li>

<li>Oldham/ Rochdale street sections – 2014</li></ul>

<p><a href="Transport_for_Greater_Manchester" title="Transport for Greater Manchester">Transport for Greater Manchester</a> announced during the week commencing 4 June 2012 that the line as far as Oldham Mumps will open to passenger services as an extension of the Manchester Victoria to <a href="St_Werburgh's_Road_tram_stop" title="St Werburgh's Road tram stop">St Werburgh's Road</a> service on Wednesday 13 June 2012.

</p><p>Trams finally began running through to Shaw & Crompton on 16 December 2012 and through to Rochdale on 28 February 2013, almost a year later than originally planned.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This section has two new stops (at Kingsway and Newbold) and has been re-doubled from Shaw to Rochdale, except for the flyover which takes it across the Calder Valley main line. Trams also began running through to <a href="East_Didsbury_tram_stop" title="East Didsbury tram stop">East Didsbury</a> in May 2013, with the commissioning of the South Manchester Line extension from St Werburgh's Road.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The local press have reported a series of complaints about the conversion project and, latterly, the delayed opening dates.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Phase 3B of the expansion project involved constructing a branch between Werneth and Oldham Mumps into Oldham town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-future-map_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-future-map-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was fully operational in 2014. The line between the heavy-rail Oldham Mumps and Oldham Werneth stations has been lifted for re-use in other areas.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_served">Places served</h2></div>

<p>The places served by the Oldham Loop Line in the period immediately before closure were as follows:

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<ul><li>Dean Lane: for <a href="Newton_Heath" title="Newton Heath">Newton Heath</a></li>

<li><a href="Failsworth" title="Failsworth">Failsworth</a></li>

<li><a href="Hollinwood%2C_Greater_Manchester" title="Hollinwood, Greater Manchester">Hollinwood</a></li>

<li><a href="Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a> <a href="Oldham_Werneth_railway_station" title="Oldham Werneth railway station">Werneth</a>: for <a href="Werneth%2C_Greater_Manchester" title="Werneth, Greater Manchester">Werneth</a> and <a href="Chadderton" title="Chadderton">Chadderton</a></li>

<li><a href="Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a> <a href="Oldham_Mumps_railway_station" title="Oldham Mumps railway station">Mumps</a>: for Oldham Town Centre</li>

<li><a href="Derker_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Derker railway station">Derker</a></li>

<li><a href="Shaw_%26_Crompton" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw & Crompton">Shaw & Crompton</a></li>

<li><a href="Newhey" title="Newhey">Newhey</a></li>

<li><a href="Milnrow" title="Milnrow">Milnrow</a></li></ul>

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</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Railway_lines_in_the_North_West122" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Railway_lines_in_the_North_West122" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="List_of_railway_lines_in_Great_Britain#North_West" title="List of railway lines in Great Britain">Railway lines in the North West</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Primary to London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Inter-regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Buxton_line" title="Buxton line">Buxton line</a></li>

<li><a href="Calder_Valley_line" title="Calder Valley line">Calder Valley line</a></li>

<li><a href="Chester%E2%80%93Warrington_line" title="Chester–Warrington line">Chester–Warrington line</a></li>

<li><a href="Crewe%E2%80%93Derby_line" title="Crewe–Derby line">Crewe–Derby line</a></li>

<li><a href="Glossop_line" title="Glossop line">Glossop line</a></li>

<li><a href="Hope_Valley_line" title="Hope Valley line">Hope Valley line</a></li>

<li><a href="Huddersfield_line" title="Huddersfield line">Huddersfield line</a></li>

<li><a href="Leeds%E2%80%93Morecambe_line" title="Leeds–Morecambe line">Leeds–Morecambe line</a></li>

<li><a href="Mid-Cheshire_line" title="Mid-Cheshire line">Mid-Cheshire line</a></li>

<li><a href="Morecambe_branch_line" title="Morecambe branch line">Morecambe branch line</a></li>

<li><a href="Ribble_Valley_line" title="Ribble Valley line">Ribble Valley line</a></li>

<li><a href="Stafford%E2%80%93Manchester_line" title="Stafford–Manchester line">Stafford–Manchester line</a></li>

<li><a href="Tyne_Valley_line" title="Tyne Valley line">Tyne Valley line</a></li>

<li><a href="Weaver_Junction%E2%80%93Liverpool_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Weaver Junction–Liverpool line">Weaver Junction–Liverpool line</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Intra-regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Blackpool_branch_lines" title="Blackpool branch lines">Blackpool branch lines</a></li>

<li><a href="Borderlands_line" title="Borderlands line">Borderlands line</a></li>

<li><a href="Chester%E2%80%93Birkenhead_line" title="Chester–Birkenhead line">Chester–Birkenhead line</a></li>

<li><a href="Crewe%E2%80%93Manchester_line" title="Crewe–Manchester line">Crewe–Manchester line</a></li>

<li><a href="Cumbrian_Coast_line" title="Cumbrian Coast line">Cumbrian Coast line</a></li>

<li><a href="East_Lancashire_line" title="East Lancashire line">East Lancashire line</a></li>

<li><a href="Furness_line" title="Furness line">Furness line</a></li>

<li><a href="Hooton%E2%80%93Helsby_line" title="Hooton–Helsby line">Hooton–Helsby line</a></li>

<li><a href="Kirkby_branch_line" title="Kirkby branch line">Kirkby branch line</a></li>

<li><a href="Liverpool%E2%80%93Manchester_lines" title="Liverpool–Manchester lines">Liverpool–Manchester lines</a></li>

<li><a href="Liverpool%E2%80%93Wigan_line" title="Liverpool–Wigan line">Liverpool–Wigan line</a></li>

<li><a href="Manchester%E2%80%93Preston_line" title="Manchester–Preston line">Manchester–Preston line</a></li>

<li><a href="Manchester%E2%80%93Southport_line" title="Manchester–Southport line">Manchester–Southport line</a></li>

<li><a href="Northern_line_(Merseyrail)" title="Northern line (Merseyrail)">Northern line</a></li>

<li><a href="Ormskirk_branch_line" title="Ormskirk branch line">Ormskirk branch line</a></li>

<li><a href="Settle%E2%80%93Carlisle_line" title="Settle–Carlisle line">Settle–Carlisle line</a></li>

<li><a href="Stockport%E2%80%93Stalybridge_line" title="Stockport–Stalybridge line">Stockport–Stalybridge line</a></li>

<li><a href="Styal_line" title="Styal line">Styal line</a></li>

<li><a href="Windermere_branch_line" title="Windermere branch line">Windermere branch line</a></li>

<li><a href="Wirral_line" title="Wirral line">Wirral line</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heritage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="East_Lancashire_Railway" title="East Lancashire Railway">East Lancashire Railway</a></li>

<li><a href="Eden_Valley_Railway_(heritage_railway)" title="Eden Valley Railway (heritage railway)">Eden Valley Railway</a></li>

<li><a href="Lakeside_and_Haverthwaite_Railway" title="Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway">Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway</a></li>

<li><a href="Ribble_Steam_Railway" title="Ribble Steam Railway">Ribble Steam Railway</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disused</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bardsea_branch" title="Bardsea branch">Bardsea branch</a></li>

<li><a href="Carlisle_and_Silloth_Bay_Railway" title="Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway">Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway</a></li>

<li><a href="Hincaster_branch_line" title="Hincaster branch line">Hincaster branch line</a></li>

<li><a href="Ingleton_branch_line" title="Ingleton branch line">Ingleton branch line</a></li>

<li><a href="Rowrah_and_Kelton_Fell_Railway" title="Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway">Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Cornbrook_tram_stop" title="Cornbrook tram stop">Cornbrook</a></li>

<li><a href="Deansgate-Castlefield_tram_stop" title="Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop">Deansgate-Castlefield</a> <small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span> <a href="Deansgate_railway_station" title="Deansgate railway station">Deansgate</a>)</small></li>

<li><a href="Exchange_Square_tram_stop" title="Exchange Square tram stop">Exchange Square</a></li>

<li><a href="Market_Street_tram_stop" title="Market Street tram stop">Market Street</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Islington_tram_stop" title="New Islington tram stop">New Islington</a></li>

<li><a href="Piccadilly_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Piccadilly tram stop">Piccadilly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Piccadilly_Gardens_tram_stop" title="Piccadilly Gardens tram stop">Piccadilly Gardens</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="St_Peter's_Square_tram_stop" title="St Peter's Square tram stop">St Peter's Square</a></li>

<li><a href="Victoria_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria tram stop">Victoria</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Airport_Line_(Manchester_Metrolink)" title="Airport Line (Manchester Metrolink)">Airport Line</a> (2014)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Baguley_tram_stop" title="Baguley tram stop">Baguley</a></li>

<li><a href="Barlow_Moor_Road_tram_stop" title="Barlow Moor Road tram stop">Barlow Moor Road</a></li>

<li><a href="Benchill_tram_stop" title="Benchill tram stop">Benchill</a></li>

<li><a href="Crossacres_tram_stop" title="Crossacres tram stop">Crossacres</a></li>

<li><a href="Manchester_Airport_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Airport tram stop">Manchester Airport</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="List_of_airports" title="List of airports"></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Martinscroft_tram_stop" title="Martinscroft tram stop">Martinscroft</a></li>

<li><a href="Northern_Moor_tram_stop" title="Northern Moor tram stop">Northern Moor</a></li>

<li><a href="Robinswood_Road_tram_stop" title="Robinswood Road tram stop">Robinswood Road</a></li>

<li><a href="Roundthorn_tram_stop" title="Roundthorn tram stop">Roundthorn</a></li>

<li><a href="Sale_Water_Park_tram_stop" title="Sale Water Park tram stop">Sale Water Park</a></li>

<li><a href="Shadowmoss_tram_stop" title="Shadowmoss tram stop">Shadowmoss</a></li>

<li><a href="Wythenshawe_Town_Centre_tram_stop" title="Wythenshawe Town Centre tram stop">Wythenshawe Town Centre</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Wythenshawe_Park_tram_stop" title="Wythenshawe Park tram stop">Wythenshawe Park</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Altrincham_Line" title="Altrincham Line">Altrincham Line</a> (1992)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Altrincham_Interchange" title="Altrincham Interchange">Altrincham</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Brooklands_tram_stop" title="Brooklands tram stop">Brooklands</a></li>

<li><a href="Cornbrook_tram_stop" title="Cornbrook tram stop">Cornbrook</a></li>

<li><a href="Navigation_Road_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Navigation Road tram stop">Navigation Road</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Old_Trafford_tram_stop" title="Old Trafford tram stop">Old Trafford</a></li>

<li><a href="Stretford_tram_stop" title="Stretford tram stop">Stretford</a></li>

<li><a href="Timperley_tram_stop" title="Timperley tram stop">Timperley</a></li>

<li><a href="Trafford_Bar_tram_stop" title="Trafford Bar tram stop">Trafford Bar</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Bury_Line" title="Bury Line">Bury Line</a> (1992)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Abraham_Moss_tram_stop" title="Abraham Moss tram stop">Abraham Moss</a></li>

<li><a href="Besses_o'_th'_Barn_tram_stop" title="Besses o' th' Barn tram stop">Besses o' th' Barn</a></li>

<li><a href="Bowker_Vale_tram_stop" title="Bowker Vale tram stop">Bowker Vale</a></li>

<li><a href="Bury_Interchange" title="Bury Interchange">Bury</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span> <small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway"></a></span> <a href="Bury_Bolton_Street_railway_station" title="Bury Bolton Street railway station">Bolton Street</a>)</small></li>

<li><a href="Crumpsall_tram_stop" title="Crumpsall tram stop">Crumpsall</a></li>

<li><a href="Heaton_Park_tram_stop" title="Heaton Park tram stop">Heaton Park</a> <small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway"></a></span> <a href="Heaton_Park_Tramway" title="Heaton Park Tramway">Heaton Park Tramway</a>)</small></li>

<li><a href="Prestwich_tram_stop" title="Prestwich tram stop">Prestwich</a></li>

<li><a href="Queens_Road_tram_stop" title="Queens Road tram stop">Queens Road</a></li>

<li><a href="Radcliffe_tram_stop" title="Radcliffe tram stop">Radcliffe</a></li>

<li><a href="Victoria_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria tram stop">Victoria</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Whitefield_tram_stop" title="Whitefield tram stop">Whitefield</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="East_Manchester_Line" title="East Manchester Line">East Manchester Line</a> (2013)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ashton_Moss_tram_stop" title="Ashton Moss tram stop">Ashton Moss</a></li>

<li><a href="Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop" title="Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop">Ashton-under-Lyne</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Ashton_West_tram_stop" title="Ashton West tram stop">Ashton West</a></li>

<li><a href="Audenshaw_tram_stop" title="Audenshaw tram stop">Audenshaw</a></li>

<li><a href="Cemetery_Road_tram_stop" title="Cemetery Road tram stop">Cemetery Road</a></li>

<li><a href="Clayton_Hall_tram_stop" title="Clayton Hall tram stop">Clayton Hall</a></li>

<li><a href="Droylsden_tram_stop" title="Droylsden tram stop">Droylsden</a></li>

<li><a href="Etihad_Campus_tram_stop" title="Etihad Campus tram stop">Etihad Campus</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Islington_tram_stop" title="New Islington tram stop">New Islington</a></li>

<li><a href="Velopark_tram_stop" title="Velopark tram stop">Velopark</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Eccles_Line" title="Eccles Line">Eccles Line</a> (1999-00)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Anchorage_tram_stop" title="Anchorage tram stop">Anchorage</a></li>

<li><a href="Broadway_tram_stop" title="Broadway tram stop">Broadway</a></li>

<li><a href="Eccles_Interchange" title="Eccles Interchange">Eccles</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Exchange_Quay_tram_stop" title="Exchange Quay tram stop">Exchange Quay</a></li>

<li><a href="Harbour_City_tram_stop" title="Harbour City tram stop">Harbour City</a></li>

<li><a href="Ladywell_tram_stop" title="Ladywell tram stop">Ladywell</a></li>

<li><a href="Langworthy_tram_stop" title="Langworthy tram stop">Langworthy</a></li>

<li><a href="MediaCityUK_tram_stop" title="MediaCityUK tram stop">MediaCityUK</a></li>

<li><a href="Pomona_tram_stop" title="Pomona tram stop">Pomona</a></li>

<li><a href="Salford_Quays_tram_stop" title="Salford Quays tram stop">Salford Quays</a></li>

<li><a href="Weaste_tram_stop" title="Weaste tram stop">Weaste</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Zone_1_(Manchester_Metrolink)#History" title="Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)">First City Crossing</a> (1992)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Deansgate-Castlefield_tram_stop" title="Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop">Deansgate-Castlefield</a> <small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span> <a href="Deansgate_railway_station" title="Deansgate railway station">Deansgate</a>)</small></li>

<li><a href="Market_Street_tram_stop" title="Market Street tram stop">Market Street</a></li>

<li><a href="St_Peter's_Square_tram_stop" title="St Peter's Square tram stop">St Peter's Square</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Oldham_%26_Rochdale_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldham & Rochdale Line">Oldham & Rochdale Line</a> (2012-14)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Central_Park_tram_stop" title="Central Park tram stop">Central Park</a></li>

<li><a href="Derker_tram_stop" title="Derker tram stop">Derker</a></li>

<li><a href="Failsworth_tram_stop" title="Failsworth tram stop">Failsworth</a></li>

<li><a href="Freehold_tram_stop" title="Freehold tram stop">Freehold</a></li>

<li><a href="Hollinwood_tram_stop" title="Hollinwood tram stop">Hollinwood</a></li>

<li><a href="Kingsway_Business_Park_tram_stop" title="Kingsway Business Park tram stop">Kingsway Business Park</a></li>

<li><a href="Milnrow_tram_stop" title="Milnrow tram stop">Milnrow</a></li>

<li><a href="Monsall_tram_stop" title="Monsall tram stop">Monsall</a></li>

<li><a href="Newbold_tram_stop" title="Newbold tram stop">Newbold</a></li>

<li><a href="Newhey_tram_stop" title="Newhey tram stop">Newhey</a></li>

<li><a href="Newton_Heath_and_Moston_tram_stop" title="Newton Heath and Moston tram stop">Newton Heath and Moston</a></li>

<li><a href="Oldham_Central_tram_stop" title="Oldham Central tram stop">Oldham Central</a></li>

<li><a href="Oldham_King_Street_tram_stop" title="Oldham King Street tram stop">Oldham King Street</a></li>

<li><a href="Oldham_Mumps_tram_stop" title="Oldham Mumps tram stop">Oldham Mumps</a></li>

<li><a href="Rochdale_railway_station#Metrolink" title="Rochdale railway station">Rochdale Railway Station</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Rochdale_Town_Centre_tram_stop" title="Rochdale Town Centre tram stop">Rochdale Town Centre</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Shaw_and_Crompton_tram_stop" title="Shaw and Crompton tram stop">Shaw and Crompton</a></li>

<li><a href="South_Chadderton_tram_stop" title="South Chadderton tram stop">South Chadderton</a></li>

<li><a href="Westwood_tram_stop" title="Westwood tram stop">Westwood</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Zone_1_(Manchester_Metrolink)#History" title="Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)">Piccadilly Spur</a> (1992)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Piccadilly_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Piccadilly tram stop">Piccadilly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Zone_1_(Manchester_Metrolink)#Second_City_Crossing_(2CC)" title="Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)">Second City Crossing</a> (2015-17)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Exchange_Square_tram_stop" title="Exchange Square tram stop">Exchange Square</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="South_Manchester_Line" title="South Manchester Line">South Manchester Line</a> (2011-13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Burton_Road_tram_stop" title="Burton Road tram stop">Burton Road</a></li>

<li><a href="Chorlton_tram_stop" title="Chorlton tram stop">Chorlton</a></li>

<li><a href="Didsbury_Village_tram_stop" title="Didsbury Village tram stop">Didsbury Village</a></li>

<li><a href="East_Didsbury_tram_stop" title="East Didsbury tram stop">East Didsbury</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="National_Rail" title="National Rail"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Firswood_tram_stop" title="Firswood tram stop">Firswood</a></li>

<li><a href="St_Werburgh's_Road_tram_stop" title="St Werburgh's Road tram stop">St Werburgh's Road</a></li>

<li><a href="West_Didsbury_tram_stop" title="West Didsbury tram stop">West Didsbury</a></li>

<li><a href="Withington_tram_stop" title="Withington tram stop">Withington</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Trafford_Park_Line" title="Trafford Park Line">Trafford Park Line</a> (2020)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Barton_Dock_Road_tram_stop" title="Barton Dock Road tram stop">Barton Dock Road</a></li>

<li><a href="Imperial_War_Museum_tram_stop" title="Imperial War Museum tram stop">Imperial War Museum</a></li>

<li><a href="Parkway_tram_stop" title="Parkway tram stop">Parkway</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Trafford_Centre_tram_stop" title="The Trafford Centre tram stop">The Trafford Centre</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li>

<li><a href="Village_tram_stop" title="Village tram stop">Village</a></li>

<li><a href="Wharfside_tram_stop" title="Wharfside tram stop">Wharfside</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span><br><br><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap; text-align:left; background:#ebebeb;">Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Keolis" title="Keolis">Keolis</a></li>

<li><a href="Transport_for_Greater_Manchester" title="Transport for Greater Manchester">Transport for Greater Manchester</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Vehicles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><b>Current</b>: <a href="Bombardier_M5000" title="Bombardier M5000">M5000</a></li>

<li><b>Former</b>: (<a href="Firema_T-68" title="Firema T-68">T-68</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap; text-align:left; background:#ebebeb;"><a href="History_of_Manchester_Metrolink" title="History of Manchester Metrolink">History</a><br><small>(<a href="Timeline_of_Manchester_Metrolink" title="Timeline of Manchester Metrolink">Timeline</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Former operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li>Altram (<a href="Hitachi_Rail_Italy" title="Hitachi Rail Italy">Ansaldo Transporti</a>, <a href="Serco" title="Serco">Serco</a>, <a href="John_Laing_Group" title="John Laing Group">Laing</a>, <a href="3i" title="3i">3i</a>)</li>

<li><a href="RATP_Group" title="RATP Group">RATP Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach Group</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Transferred lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Manchester%2C_South_Junction_and_Altrincham_Railway" title="Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway">Altrincham Line</a></li>

</ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Closed stops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="High_Street_tram_stop" title="High Street tram stop">High Street</a></li>

<li><a href="Mosley_Street_tram_stop" title="Mosley Street tram stop">Mosley Street</a></li>

<li><a href="Woodlands_Road_tram_stop" title="Woodlands Road tram stop">Woodlands Road</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Abandoned plans</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Drake_Street_tram_stop" title="Drake Street tram stop">Drake Street</a></li>

<li><a href="Glossop_line" title="Glossop line">Glossop line</a></li>

<li><a href="Hardy_Farm_tram_stop" title="Hardy Farm tram stop">Hardy Farm</a></li>

<li><a href="Haveley_tram_stop" title="Haveley tram stop">Haveley</a></li>

<li><a href="Hope_Valley_line" title="Hope Valley line">Hope Valley line</a></li>

<li><a href="Hough_End_tram_stop" title="Hough End tram stop">Hough End</a></li>

<li><a href="Oldham_Werneth_railway_station" title="Oldham Werneth railway station">Oldham Werneth</a></li>

<li><a href="Picc-Vic_tunnel" title="Picc-Vic tunnel">Picc-Vic tunnel</a></li>

<li><a href="Woodhouse_Park_tram_stop" title="Woodhouse Park tram stop">Woodhouse Park</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap; text-align:left; background:#ebebeb;"><a href="Proposed_developments_of_Manchester_Metrolink" title="Proposed developments of Manchester Metrolink">Proposed<br>developments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Bury Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Elton_Reservoir_tram_stop" title="Elton Reservoir tram stop">Elton Reservoir</a></li>

<li><a href="Sandhills_tram_stop" title="Sandhills tram stop">Sandhills</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Oldham & Rochdale Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="South_Manchester_Line#Stockport_extension" title="South Manchester Line">Stockport Line</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Gorsey_Bank_tram_stop" title="Gorsey Bank tram stop">Gorsey Bank</a></li>

<li><a href="Heaton_Mersey_tram_stop" title="Heaton Mersey tram stop">Heaton Mersey</a></li>

<li><a href="Kings_Reach_tram_stop" title="Kings Reach tram stop">Kings Reach</a></li>

<li><a href="Stockport_Interchange_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockport Interchange tram stop">Stockport Interchange</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"></a></span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;">Trafford Park Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Port_Salford_tram_stop" title="Port Salford tram stop">Port Salford</a></li>

<li><a href="Salford_Reds_tram_stop" title="Salford Reds tram stop">Salford Reds</a></li>

<li><a href="Trafford_Quays_tram_stop" title="Trafford Quays tram stop">Trafford Quays</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em;text-align:left; background:#ebebeb; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Airport_Line_(Manchester_Metrolink)#Wythenshawe_Loop" title="Airport Line (Manchester Metrolink)">Wythenshawe Loop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Wythenshawe_Hospital_tram_stop" title="Wythenshawe Hospital tram stop">Wythenshawe Hospital</a></li>

<li><a href="Newall_Green_tram_stop" title="Newall Green tram stop">Newall Green</a></li>

<li><a href="Davenport_Green_tram_stop" title="Davenport Green tram stop">Davenport Green</a></li>

<li>Airport Terminal 2</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#ffdb4e;"><div>

<ul><li><a href="Transport_for_Greater_Manchester" title="Transport for Greater Manchester">Transport for Greater Manchester</a></li>

<li><a href="UK_light_rail_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="UK light rail systems">UK light rail systems</a></li></ul>

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