
Exchange Square Tram Stop - Manchester, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 29.076 W 002° 14.552
30U E 550262 N 5926447
This tram stop is one of the 93 stops on the Manchester Metrolink, a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England.
Waymark Code: WMZKBV
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/23/2018
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"The network consists of seven lines which radiate from Manchester city centre to termini at Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, East Didsbury, Eccles, Manchester Airport and Rochdale. Metrolink has 93 stops along 62 miles (100 km) of standard-gauge track making it the largest light rail system in the United Kingdom. It consists of a mixture of on-street track shared with other traffic; reserved track sections, segregated from other traffic, and converted former railway lines. It is operated by a fleet of Bombardier Flexity Swift M5000s."
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"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).
Construction began in 2014 and the line to the stop was tested in November 2015. The stop opened on 6 December 2015 with trams running to Rochdale, until the full Second City Crossing was completed in early 2017. Once the Second City Crossing opened in February 2017, services extended to East Didsbury.
Services
Peak
12 minute service to Rochdale
12 minute service to Shaw and Crompton
6 minute service to East Didsbury
Offpeak
12 minute service to Rochdale
12 minute service to East Didsbury"
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