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The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is investigating the use of similar vehicles to extend services onto under-utilised heavy rail lines across Greater Manchester and beyond. This is a list of confirmed or proposed future developments of the Manchester Metrolink light rail system in Greater Manchester, England.
The Bombardier M5000, is a model of light rail passenger vehicle. It is part of the Flexity Swift range of vehicles, built specifically as a high-floor, articulated bi-directional tram to operate solely on the Manchester Metrolink system in England. The Metrolink system is the only tram network in the United Kingdom capable of running vehicles ...
Metrolink is operated by a fleet of 147 high-floor Bombardier M5000 light rail vehicles. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Each of the nine Metrolink routes run five trams per hour in each direction; stops with more than one route running through it will have trams arriving more frequently. [ 19 ]
Recovery vehicle Lancashire United Transport: Matador LSU 282 1943 [1] Lorry Beverley's Beers: 6 AHL 622 1946 [1] Single deck bus North Western Road Car Company (1923) 270 BJA 425 1946 [1] Single deck bus Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport: 17 HTB 656 1946 [1] Tower wagon Manchester Corporation Transport: A118 HVM 93 1947 [1] Double ...
Serco Metrolink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco Limited, took over the operations and maintenance of the system on 26 May 1997. In March 2003, Serco bought out its partners and Altram (Manchester) Limited [5] became a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco. [4] In July 2007 the contract to operate Metrolink was awarded to Stagecoach.
Between 1901 and 1949 Manchester Corporation Tramways (known as Manchester Corporation Transport Department from 1929 onwards [1]) was the municipal operator of electric tram services in Manchester, England. At its peak in 1928, the organisation carried 328 million passengers on 953 trams, via 46 routes, along 292 miles (470 km) of track.
20 March 2019: Near Altrincham tram stop in the afternoon, the Bombardier M5000 Metrolink vehicle 3006 becomes the first of the Metrolink's vehicles to have travelled a total of 1,000,000 km since being put into service. [96] 15 July 2019: New "touch-in, touch-out" contactless payment method launched (adult fares only). [97]
When the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was replaced by GMPTE, with the Greater Manchester County Council replacing the joint transport authority. The PTE also acquired the bus operations of Wigan Corporation with 130 vehicles.