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The South Manchester Line (SML) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Manchester, England, running from Manchester city centre to Didsbury.The line opened as far as St. Werburgh's Road in 2011 and then to East Didsbury in 2013 as part of phase three of the system's expansion, along a former railway trackbed.
East Didsbury is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system and the terminus of the system's South Manchester Line (SML). It is on the east side of Kingsway in East Didsbury, close to Manchester's boundary with Heaton Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's ...
Primary future proposals include tram-trains to Bolton, Heywood, Hale, and Wigan, a spur off the Bury Line to Middleton, Ashton to Stalybridge, the Wythenshawe Loop, and most likely the first to happen, [3] an extension from East Didsbury to Stockport's interchange.
Tram tracks were laid along the former trackbed, but as Didsbury station had been demolished over 30 years earlier, a new tram stop was constructed further down the line on School Lane. [3] [4] There were plans to extend the line to Stockport, which were cancelled on grounds of cost. [5]
Manchester Metrolink [note 1] is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. [11] The network has 99 stops along 64 miles (103 km) of standard-gauge route, [12] making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom. [13]
In January 2015, Stockport Metropolitan Borough adopted a Rail Strategy proposing substantial conversion of current rail alignments around Stockport to tram-train operation, running into an interchange at Stockport bus station. These proposed services expand on, and are consistent with, those outlined in the TfGM tram-train strategy document.
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West Didsbury is a tram stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 23 May 2013, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in West Didsbury , South Manchester , England.