Metrolink Insights - Series 3
Series 3 of Metrolink Insights brought a fresh new look to the videos, with a strong, recognisable format and structure. The thirteen episodes in this series range from 5 to 10 minutes long, the short length making the videos easily for viewers to digest. They focus more on overlooked features and operations of the Manchester Metrolink, or general videos about the entire network.
To view a video in the series, simply click on the thumbnail or the title.
Remember Woodlands Road? It closed in 2013 on the Bury Line. Is there anything left of the tram stop today, and is there anything else left to uncover about its history?
(Series 3: 19) - 18 April 2026
Every single Manchester Metrolink network map (that I could find) from 1992-2026. See the branding changes, fare zone updates, route and line expansions.
(Series 3: 18) - 4 April 2026
Along with engineering works throughout 2026, there's other temporary service changes effective from 30 March, affecting the familiar 12-minute service frequency. Here's what you need to know.
(Series 3: 17) - 28 March 2026
An out-of-service tram pulls in to Velopark every 12 minutes. Display boards at Etihad Campus don’t know how long a minute is. Here’s how the two phenomena are directly related.
(Series 3: 16) - 14 March 2026
Last year I decided to start measuring every single platform on the Manchester Metrolink, all 203 of them. It took… a little bit of my time. Just a bit.
(Series 3: 15) - 28 February 2026
See how the Metrolink tram network in Manchester has expanded and changed from its opening in 1992 up until 2025, condensed down to just 5 minutes.
(Series 3: 14) - 17 January 2026
Platforms, bridges, railways, and underground walkways: Here's some things you might have not known about Bury tram stop on the Metrolink, sitting right at the end of the Bury Line.
(Series 3: 13) - 10 January 2026
How much is there to talk about at a single, seemingly insignificant tram stop? Let’s go to South Chadderton, a tram stop that looks completely uninteresting, and see how much we can say about it.
(Series 3: 12) - 27 December 2025
Robinswood Road is now the least used Metrolink stop after the previous one, Pomona, became a popular interchange station. As it turns out, Robinswood Road shouldn’t have been built.
(Series 3: 11) - 13 December 2025
Exchange Square tram stop is the only tram stop on the Second City Crossing branch of the City Lines. Here’s how the short branch has helped to keep the Metrolink running smoothly for the last 10 years.
(Series 3: 10) - 6 December 2025
“This tram stop has had many different conceptual names during its planning stages, and it was just renamed again. Here’s the history of all of its proposed and established names.”
(Series 3: 9) - 29 November 2025
“There’s a service at Ashton-under-Lyne which only runs once a week: the Saturday 09:51 to Trafford Bar, a tram heading to Trafford Depot. Why does this happen, and why every Saturday?”
(Series 3: 8) - 15 November 2025
“One of the next extensions to the Manchester Metrolink will be from East Didsbury to Stockport town centre, but no official plans have been release yet. Here’s my idea.”
(Series 3: 7) - 8 November 2025
“Secrets of the Metrolink? Secrets of Zone 1? What if we narrow it down to just a single tram stop? Here’s a few secrets and hidden features around Piccadilly tram stop in Manchester.”
(Series 3: 6) - 25 October 2025
There’s a tram stop just a few minutes walk away from MediaCityUK on a different line. If you’ve just missed a tram, is it quicker to walk over to the Imperial War Museum and get a tram there?
(Series 3: 5) - 20 September 2025
There’s no big venues or transport interchanges near Stretford tram stop, so why is just one of its platforms so wide? It may have to do with its previous identity as a railway station.
(Series 3: 4) - 30 August 2025
When you think a Metrolink tram is departing MediaCityUK, it always stops again before actually leaving. Here's why it's necessary to the operation of this short one-station branch off the Eccles Line.
(Series 3: 3) - 12 July 2025
When trams cruise along the tracks at full speed here, a loud tone is heard which comes as a surprise. Where is it coming from, and why is it only heard between Failsworth and Hollinwood?
(Series 3: 2) - 15 June 2025
Crumpsall tram stop received a new third platform in August 2019, which was supposed to be used in regular service as a bay platform, but in six years, not one regular service has stopped at the platform.
(Series 3: 1) - 1 June 2025
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(Channel Trailer 2026) - 20 December 2025
