Piccadilly Gardens tram stop
Manchester Metrolink tram stop
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Piccadilly Gardens is a tram stop in Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located beside Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre, and serves both as a transport hub (by integrating with the adjacent Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station), and interchange station (which can be used for changing between Metrolink lines).[1]
Piccadilly Gardens tram stop opened on 27 April 1992, as part of Metrolink's Phase 1. The station was rebuilt during 2009 with a wider platform and a new canopy, reopening on 2 November 2009. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.[2]
History
In 1931, a new bus station was opened on Parker Street on the former site of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, providing a central transport interchange for bus passengers.[3] In 1945, adjacent site was landscaped as an ornamental sunken garden and named Piccadilly Gardens.[4]
In 1991, construction work began on a new light rail transport network, Manchester Metrolink. New tram lines were laid along the southern and western sides of Piccadilly Gardens, and a new tram stop constructed alongside the bus station, providing an inter-modal exchange between tram and bus.[5]
Services
Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.
| Preceding station |  Manchester Metrolink | Following station | ||
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| Market Street towards Bury | Bury–Piccadilly | Piccadilly Terminus | ||
| St Peter's Square towards Altrincham | Altrincham–Piccadilly | |||
| Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only) | Piccadilly towards Etihad Campus | |||
| St Peter's Square towards MediaCityUK | MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only) | |||
| St Peter's Square towards Eccles | Eccles–Ashton (peak only) | Piccadilly towards Ashton-under-Lyne | ||
| Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only) | ||||
Gallery
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Piccadilly Gardens bus station in 1976 -
The future site of Piccadilly Gardens tram stop, photographed in 1989 -
Construction of the Manchester Metrolink lines at Piccadilly Gardens in 1991 -
Construction of Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink platforms in 1991 -
Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in December 2013. -
An older T-68 tram at Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in 2005. -
Inter-modal exchange at the bus station -
Map of Manchester City Centre Metrolink stops
References
- ^ TfGM (2013). "Services Map" (PDF). metrolink.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ A Hundred Years of Road Passenger Transport in Manchester. 1935. p. 30. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Glinert, Ed (24 April 2008). The Manchester Compendium: A Street-by-Street History of England's Greatest Industrial City. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-102930-6. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Senior, John A.; Ogden, Eric (1992). Metrolink. Transport Publishing. ISBN 978-0-86317-155-0.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink station.
- Piccadilly Gardens Stop Information
- Metrolink City Centre area map
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