https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/11 monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/e20c77e2-d399-452c-96b3-d638ef5a5ec3/Screenshot+%28651%29.png Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - One of the replacement buses. Replacement buses ran every 15 minutes (or at least they very much attempted to) between Rochdale Town Centre and Victoria, skipping Oldham Central, as it is in a pedestrianised area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/521596d1-8749-4564-ade2-ab9f3a89ebc9/20260322_102459.jpg Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - Replacement bus signage at Central Park. Hasn’t been taken down as of 24 March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/4d36cc47-786d-437a-997e-1b0b5df8c2a3/20260322_154938.jpg Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - Looking east from Monsall. The inbound track geometry (to the right) is quite visibly off and in need of renewal. You can easily see how disfigured the inbound track is looking from Monsall tram stop. This is where a 10mph TSR is in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/5ebd7c59-c257-4a09-9805-e84158b731ff/20260322_154648.jpg Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - RRV (Road-Rail Vehicle) rolling through Monsall. Identified as a Liebherr R920 Rail Bug. I saw a couple of RRVs carrying concrete sleepers and some brand-new rails through Monsall tram stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/eebe191a-f32e-4d60-b85d-dacc1464292b/20260322_102345.jpg Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - The access point west of Central Park tram stop, viewed from the track crossing at Central Park. There were two of these RRVs – one travelling back and forth on each track – from a cleared-out area west of Central Park tram stop to an area west of Monsall Street bridge, a distance of about 700m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/52aa9036-96d6-4106-b332-7b0fb6c81cbc/20260322_103403.jpg Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - Initial site near Central Park, seen cleared out. This site and an entrance through to the Metrolink tracks was cleared several months in advance for 22 March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/c4094c7f-d1f5-43fd-a040-31a7a09969f5/20260322_103901.jpg Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - Looking towards Central Park, the two RRVs positioned on the two tracks. Looking towards Central Park. The two RRVs positioned on the tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/b16507e9-1c03-4761-afbb-9a73b2959a09/Screenshot+%28652%29.png Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - The moved concrete sleepers and rails west of Monsall Street bridge. There are a few more blockades planned on the Rochdale Line in May, June, and July, when other movements of equipment and track renewal works will be happening at Monsall and Newton Heath and Moston as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/e09a145c-b584-427d-95cb-4329ea273fcf/Screenshot+%28656%29.png Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - View of lines from Dean Lane, over the Newton Heath TMD. An entrance was open west of Dean Lane, just south of the tram lines, and there were a few workers present on the line between Central Park and Newton Heath and Moston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/ab8fa55d-dfbb-41ff-b590-75d782f8af32/Screenshot+%28653%29.png Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - Survey prism target mounted on a tripod standing at Newton Heath and Moston, used for track surveying/monitoring. I also went down to the platform and saw some track surveying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/ab940419-6140-49f9-ab39-df419333004c/Screenshot+%28655%29.png Posts - Rochdale Line works (22 March 2026) - Workers on the track at Newton Heath. I left the platforms at this point to not disturb or interrupt the work that was happening. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/10 monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/30b32905-ce38-46b9-b64e-ab767bc38867/Screenshot+%28601%29.png Posts - All Manchester Metrolink platform lengths - The unused track and platform at Manchester Airport, picture taken from the operational platform. …including a platform at Manchester Airport adjacent to the National Rail Platform 4 fully painted with yellow lines and tactile paving tiles along the platform edge, however is not currently used by regular Metrolink services, which gives a total of 202 platforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/fd479977-6f66-4422-95e5-1ea8b98c44ae/Screenshot+%28600%29.png Posts - All Manchester Metrolink platform lengths - Closed off and abandoned platform north of Cornbrook whilst tram runs in the background. Also, there is one abandoned platform at Cornbrook used as a bay platform when Cornbrook tram stop opened in December 1999, however was never used in regular passenger services. In fact, the only time it was ever used was during track upgrades on the Altrincham Line in 2007 [2]. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/9 monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/8 monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/8c3e604e-e367-4fca-a1f9-bda5139309ee/20260122_080641.jpg Posts - New TravelSafe stickers on trams and buses in Greater Manchester https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/3b63a368-43c0-4939-b1c8-d92700b2c48e/20260121_154204.jpg Posts - New TravelSafe stickers on trams and buses in Greater Manchester - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/56da2cf4-1189-422f-b1fb-e1aa1740784c/20260122_080616.jpg Posts - New TravelSafe stickers on trams and buses in Greater Manchester - Picture onboard tram 3033 that has not had TravelSafe stickers added yet. Not every tram has had the stickers added yet, and I’m sure it’s the same with Bee Network buses. Quite a few trams didn’t have the stickers on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/87bd3088-31e0-4684-a393-9f821ca45a94/20260121_160058.jpg Posts - New TravelSafe stickers on trams and buses in Greater Manchester - Taken on either tram 3056 or 3074, also without stickers. On 20-22 January 2026, I recorded that about 55% of the tram fleet had them installed. A month later, that number has increased as you’d expect, though I’m not sure by how much yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1bb4554c-cc03-4ad4-87cb-5970719c7cdb/20260224_094911.jpg Posts - New TravelSafe stickers on trams and buses in Greater Manchester - Taken on tram 3020, with stickers next to the seats and next to the doors. All trams that have the stickers will have them next to the seats as shown in the picture in the bottom left, but only some are next to both the seats and on the left side of the doors. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/7 monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309773726-5FSHXEQFK4JGFYMHMQJA/1992-04-06.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 6 April 1992 Manchester Victoria station to Bury opened (converted railway line). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309773779-HVUIAFCANXGC2PO1Y945/1992-04-27.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 27 April 1992 Manchester Victoria to G-Mex (running on the streets through Manchester city centre). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309775076-PIJ2WBNFWCV1OINSO5DG/1992-06-15.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 15 June 1992 G-Mex to Altrincham (converted MSJ&AR railway line). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309775190-2QSA9ZTMSCRM4GQO1XRQ/1992-07-27.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 20 July 1992 Spur to Manchester Piccadilly station opened (street-running) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309776282-XWASK99XGITRO0D6KOIT/1998-08-10.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 10 August 1998 High Street and Market Street one-directional stops closed. New two-directional stop opened at Market Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309776910-IT0J5JM6QRDELNCJGDRM/1999-12-06.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 6 December 1999 New branch opened up to Broadway. Cornbrook opened as interchange between Altrincham and Eccles lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309777392-KVMFRPZAY6IJNQJ8PLIC/2000-07-21.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 21 July 2000 Broadway branch extended to Eccles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309778465-FVREPSVAMYH8EHV25RDZ/2003-03-31.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 31 March 2003 Shudehill opened to serve a future bus station which would open in 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309779796-SL28VNRQQFFYU5RPM7O0/2010-09-20+%282%29.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 20 September 2010 MediaCityUK tram stop and spur opened off the Eccles Line. G-Mex renamed to Deansgate-Castlefield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309779965-T3PMJMCP91PJG7OX2G24/2011-04-18.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 18 April 2011 Abraham Moss opened on the Bury Line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309781001-WF4SMX9Z1IKIEH0WOC3W/2011-07-07.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 7 July 2011 Branch from Trafford Bar to St Werburgh’s Road opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309781168-0HA0BZ69ULQNT4KWFE31/2012-06-13.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 13 June 2012 Branch from Irk Valley Junction (near Victoria) to Oldham Mumps temporary stop opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309782147-KU0S5SG28NQZLN12XNLC/2012-12-16.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 16 December 2012 Oldham Mumps temporary stop to Shaw and Crompton opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309782416-PLC5DJ785NTILVQL5XBB/2013-02-11.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 11 February 2013 Manchester Piccadilly station to Droylsden opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309783808-IYU204BNN6U8DO96Y44O/2013-02-28.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 28 February 2013 Shaw and Crompton branch extended to Rochdale Railway Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309783949-C4R0IVK8IHGF779DN8SM/2013-05-18.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 18 May 2013 Mosley Street, causing delays in the city centre, closes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309785083-KX7MEXAZA8DQPQN480VX/2013-05-23.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 23 May 2013 St Werburgh’s Road to East Didsbury opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309785346-FBYA8C9BDXW23TPJZOB3/2013-10-09.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 9 October 2013 Droylsden branch extended to current terminus at Ashton-under-Lyne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309786381-F75M5H9GC5CA1FTT9IIM/2013-12-16.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 16 December 2013 Woodlands Road, 250 metres away from Abraham Moss, closes. Queens Road opens a little further south on the Bury Line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309787750-47RCWIUV6QRMPH1CZL0D/2014-01-27+%282%29.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 27 January 2014 Oldham Mumps temporary stop closed on 17 January. New street-running section through Oldham town centre opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309787978-TS8CK6DIJWOSAGMN1CGA/2014-03-31.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 31 March 2014 New street-running section opened from Rochdale Railway Station to Rochdale Town Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309789171-QJDTD7K3HAL5TCNEL48T/2014-11-03.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 3 November 2014 Airport Line, the final Phase 3 extension: St Werburgh’s Road to Manchester Airport via Wythenshawe opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309789358-O4RLNHM0HT7UOM4P2TSV/2015-12-06.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 6 December 2015 Extension from Victoria to Exchange Square opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309790604-IJBI3X98Q565K5EB8JVW/2017-02-26.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 26 February 2017 Exchange Square to St Peter’s Square opened, completing Second City Crossing (2CC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309790913-JG4YQAQW7Z60GMAQ4ZF7/2020-03-22.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 22 March 2020 Trafford Park Line opened from Pomona to intu Trafford Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309792095-PR9HYCQ42MO1GL66PXI9/2021-01-21_24.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 23-24 January 2021 Over the weekend, intu Trafford Centre renamed to The Trafford Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1768309792520-199NR88E17UYFMD3USVJ/2025-10-28.png Posts - Evolution of the Manchester Metrolink - 28 October 2025 Barton Dock Road renamed to Trafford Palazzo. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/6 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/5 monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/46c1f268-2c9b-4d61-ae0c-cad9a4fa77eb/20251231_093937.jpg Posts - Secrets at Bury tram stop - Bury tram stop Platform B facing south. Bury tram stop is right at the end of the Bury Line in fare zone 4. It was built as a railway station named “Bury (Interchange)” and opened in 1980. It closed in 1991 for conversion to Metrolink, then reopened as a tram stop in 1992. It has served as a Metrolink tram stop for longer than its original purpose for trains! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/d181d137-22fe-4d17-a98f-d69a44a7e742/Screenshot+%28486%29.png Posts - Secrets at Bury tram stop - Bury Bolton Street heritage station looking north. Bury Bolton Street was re-opened as a heritage railway station in 1987, along with a few closed branches to Rawtenstall and Heywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/b61e4873-b9f9-4595-8a81-ee13a8910b19/Screenshot+%28487%29.png Posts - Secrets at Bury tram stop - Buffers at Platform B. The British Rail buffers were kept for the Metrolink, of course. The lights were taken off at some point (probably during Metrolink conversion). There is a third rail visible in the shot, but this is not a remnant of the third rail system in use on the Bury Line between 1916-1991. The third rail was to the side of the tracks. This extra one in the picture is probably to keep the buffers in place? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/a66eab48-fb9b-42b4-9682-a464fc3c4a1f/Screenshot+%28488%29.png Posts - Secrets at Bury tram stop - Brick building in the centre of the platforms. This brick structure (or at least the area it takes up) used to hold a waiting room for the railway station back in British Rail days. During the Metrolink days it is a room behind closed doors warning of high-voltage electrics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/06b12501-be30-49d7-b22e-2a3a7d152ec5/Screenshot+%28490%29.png Posts - Secrets at Bury tram stop - The beams holding up the canopy, painted grey with a yellow strip (Metrolink current branding colours). The poles holding up the canopy over the entire station’s platforms were repainted from their original red to the current grey and yellow for the Metrolink’s rebranding which started in 2008. The poles were repainted at most three years after the rebrand began (sometime between 2008-2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/caaf2e93-de76-4c63-b5db-6ee2c7e3b42d/Screenshot+%28491%29.png Posts - Secrets at Bury tram stop - The underpass running underneath where the crossovers south of Bury tram stop are. Underneath the crossovers on the approach to Bury tram stop is an underpass that was closed around 2011. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/4 monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/0348f91e-ccfe-47ca-9112-c3d2dd4a2f5e/Screenshot+%28399%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - One of the steep inclines at South Chadderton, looking towards the south of the tram stop. At South Chadderton, you’ll notice two steep inclines uphill for trams at both sides of the stop at a grade of 1:29. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/4137f41d-c613-4fa2-b723-1db1103df4d5/Screenshot+%28400%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - The other steep incline to the north of South Chadderton’s platforms. This is odd since the railway was originally opened here in 1880, and trains from back then were not capable of traversing steep inclines like what you see at South Chadderton today very easily, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/01156994-1d3d-403d-a593-ce5a967c2e5e/Screenshot+%28396%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - Shot of a Shaw via Oldham bound tram at South Chadderton. A similar change was also done at Newbold tram stop further north up the line towards Rochdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/43dcc136-1668-44a6-8973-5bbc10a85103/Screenshot+%28402%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - View looking north from the foot crossing. A tram towards Manchester approaches. Also at South Chadderton you’ll see cleared vegetation to the right-hand side of the tracks past the foot crossing. This is probably to provide extra visibility for drivers on the approach to South Chadderton heading towards Manchester, as they will be trailing past a foot crossing of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/d6372953-df2b-4c32-a37d-cecd4b85ab7e/Screenshot+%28404%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - Way Out sign on the Manchester platform side. On the Manchester platform side, the two exits are noted as “◀ Way Out to Coalshaw Green Road” “Way Out to Canal Street ▶” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/464ccadb-7a9f-49eb-836e-ca63eeaa58f4/Screenshot+%28405%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - Way Out sign on the Rochdale platform side. On the Rochdale platform side, they are noted as “◀ Way Out to Drury Lane” “Way Out to Canal Street ▶” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/5aa00ee5-0236-45ee-8f49-07610869400f/Screenshot+%28406%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? The footpath leads up to Coalshaw Green Road, which makes the Manchester platform exit sign correct, however if you follow the road further south, after a few hundred metres it becomes Drury Lane, which doesn’t fully explain why there are two exit signs pointing to the same road giving two different names for the exit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/13d51847-59ce-41ea-8376-def809d98c5a/Screenshot+%28407%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - A picture of the kissing gate on the short footpath to the Rochdale platform, added ~2021? Also on this short footpath is a circular gate called a kissing gate, and weirdly, it was added to the path between 2019-2022 quite recently. I have no idea why this feature was added. These gates are seen elsewhere around the area: there’s another one on the footpath running south of Coalshaw Green Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/fb595f84-fe10-4710-ad12-0134634bd327/Screenshot+%28408%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - Orange zip tie holding the gate open. The actual gate for it has been held open with a zip tie. Also weirdly enough, this part (the part of the gate that actually opens) was only added here in around 2023-2024. It’s a mystery about this little gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/68618b1b-d9dd-4173-afa6-6b02aeee3bcd/Screenshot+%28409%29.png Posts - South Chadderton - What’s there to talk about? - Concrete blocks where bike lockers used to stand. North of the Rochdale platform are suspicious-looking concrete blocks in the ground. A look on Google Street View and you’ll find that bicycle lockers used to be in this spot in 2022, but one of them has been damaged by someone in the Street View image, which is probably the reason they were removed. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/3 monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/77868bfc-12ae-4e3b-9851-f2d6e7189ed7/Screenshot+%2832%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - A double tram terminating at Piccadilly's Platform B. A double tram terminating at Piccadilly's Platform B. Taken from the London Road end of the platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/891c1fe6-18fc-4e69-b39a-9f26e09b7f62/Screenshot+%28167%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - An old, blank display board on Platform A. At Platform A, you’ll find three different passenger information displays as they’re officially called (PIDs), one of them actually showing you departures as usual, and two of them appearing to be slightly smaller and completely blank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/9bfc3fc5-49a1-45e9-97a0-bf7c5364d909/Screenshot+%28166%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - The operational display board next to the second blank one on Platform A. These two blank display boards are remnants of the old system used to estimate departure times for trams, though many people saw this system as unreliable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/a6b02bb3-f4ee-4a7f-a035-f44816aef59b/Screenshot+%28193%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - An old display board at Broadway’s inbound platform on the Eccles Line. Most of the old ones were removed across the network, but at some places across the older parts of the network (especially on the Eccles Line) you can still see these old display boards. These two at Piccadilly’s Platform A survived the switchover, and haven’t been removed since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/bf0c1bbc-e1a3-4333-ae04-3e8e07be024f/Screenshot+%28194%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - One of the two wall-mounted signs at the Fairfield Street entrance to Platform A. At the Fairfield Street entrance to Platform A, the destinations of trams are listed correctly on both signs, all except for Rochdale Town Centre, which is included even though trams to Rochdale Town Centre do not run from Piccadilly direct, but can only be reached by travelling to Victoria first (which still does not justify having Rochdale Town Centre on the signs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/c3ce9176-0616-4fe7-9fb0-e45516c5233d/Screenshot+%28195%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - The lift at the western end of Platform B, with the closed London Road entrance next to it. At the London Road end of Platform B — the end that nobody goes to — to the left of the lift is a door with a notice plastered on, reading “Access to London Road is closed until further notice”. It is a closed entrance to Platform B from London Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/58a99f97-4195-4baa-8c28-a57268ac16ac/Screenshot+%28324%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - The Fairfield Street entrance to Platform B this time, showing an “underground” tram crossing (looks pretty cool). At the Fairfield Street end (east) of Platform B. Highly used on Etihad Stadium matchdays as passengers that arrive at Manchester Piccadilly rail station use the tram as the fastest way to reach the stadium. Passengers queue up here and “metres to boarding” signs are seen leading up to this entrance. Without any signage, you might assume this is a staff-only area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/6776025e-da38-48e4-ae0b-a098aefbb88a/Screenshot+%28325%29.png Posts - Secrets at Piccadilly tram stop - The crossover tracks seen from the crossing at the Fairfield Street entrance to Platform B. These crossovers that you see here were used in regular service to turn trams around at Piccadilly (which used to be a terminus for trams) up until 2013, when the extension to Droylsden and later Ashton was opened, leaving the undercroft of this station to the right of the picture. The two track crossovers both intersecting each other made running more services to Piccadilly practical when the Eccles Line opened in 1999-2000. https://www.tramographymcr.co.uk/posts/2 monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/c4df0215-0d54-4540-b8ef-a5a32abe0551/Screenshot+%28289%29.png Posts - Stretford's unusually wide platform - Holt Town tram stop on the East Manchester (Ashton) Line. Most Metrolink stations across the network have platforms that are about 3 metres wide (that seems to be the standard, unless they are island platforms of course). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/3c67e1d6-7367-421f-acf0-f9362605daf6/Screenshot+%28290%29.png Posts - Stretford's unusually wide platform - Etihad Campus tram stop, one stop further east on the line to Ashton, near to the Co-op Live arena. Some stops that are expected to be busier during events or peak times have double-width platforms at about 6 metres, for example Wharfside or Etihad Campus, both near football stadiums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/d5a9bd78-1f50-4a9e-9dd9-bccc2ece8488/Screenshot+%28291%29.png Posts - Stretford's unusually wide platform - Stretford tram stop on the Altrincham Line, as viewed from the Edge Lane road bridge looking north. Stretford’s inbound platform is 11 metres wide at the widest point, though it isn’t near to any major venue, popular place of interest (compared to other locations in Greater Manchester of course), or transport interchange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/b00e10c5-1ce2-4756-81b9-6afb1f870958/Screenshot+%28292%29.png Posts - Stretford's unusually wide platform - Stretford at platform level, showing the former platform edge (Platform 3) to the left, blocked off by a fence extended across the edge. At the other end of the platform, you can still spot the tiles at the platform edge where the Platform 3 track would have been. The two present Metrolink tracks are to the right. That platform edge is blocked off, and a litter bin hangs from the fences in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691cfe8d72176567fc4ca375/1ed473be-278a-4cc7-a9ad-0f317f03c7aa/Screenshot+%28295%29.png Posts - Stretford's unusually wide platform - An image of the arches underneath Great Stone Road where the tram line meets it, driver’s eye view. 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