The Altrincham Line is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink running from Manchester to Altrincham in Greater Manchester. Originally a railway line, it was, along with the Bury Line, converted into a tramway during 1991–92, as part of the first phase of the Metrolink system.
An M5000 on a service to Bury approaching Trafford Bar.
The Altrincham line prior to Metrolink, being operated by a Class 304 unit near Sale in 1989.
A T-68 tram at Altrincham station in 1992, shortly after the line was opened to trams.
Manchester Metrolink is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along 64 miles (103 km) of standard-gauge route, making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom. Over the 2022/23 financial year 36 million passenger journeys were made on the system.
Bombardier M5000 at Exchange Quay tram stop in August 2011
Phase 1 construction of the core section of the network near Manchester Piccadilly, 1991
A (now retired) T-68A tram on the Eccles line, opened in 1999–2000 during Phase 2
Phase 3 included the re-opening of the disused railway line through Didsbury