Manchester Metrolink
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Manchester Metrolink is a tram and light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along 64 miles of standard-gauge route, making it the most extensive light rail system in
A Bombardier M5000 at Exchange Quay, 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, which opened in 1999–2000 during Phase 2
Phase 3 included the reopening of a disused railway line through Didsbury
Bombardier M5000
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The Bombardier M5000 is a model of high-floor passenger light rail vehicles. It is part of the Flexity Swift range of vehicles, built specifically as a high-floor, articulated bi-directional tram to o
Manchester Metrolink
…traffic, reserved track sections segregated from other traffic, and converted former railway lines. Metrolink is operated by a fleet of 147 high-floor Bombardier M5000 light rail vehicles, first introduced in 2009. Each of the nine routes runs five trams per hour in each direction; stops with more than one route running…
A coupled pair of M5000s, nos 3120 (Foreground) and 3085 (Background) approaching Holt Town
Interior of a 60 Seat M5000
Two M5000s operating as a double on the East Manchester Line.
TMS, VRS and ATS in M5000 3009