page_title: Eccles Line
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: Eccles Line / Services / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: A Manchester Metrolink tram running along streets in Eccles near Manchester. Photo by G-Man May 2005
context_page_description: The Eccles Line is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester running from Manchester to Eccles via Salford Quays, with a short spur to MediaCityUK. It was opened in phases during 1999–2000 as part of the second phase of the system's development. The spur to MediaCityUK was opened in 2010. The line contains a mixture of reserved track beds and a street running section.
context_section_description: To commence operations in 1999, six T-68A trams were ordered to operate the line. These were variants of the original T-68 trams which had operated the original system from 1992, which had modifications to allow them to operate on the street running section of the Eccles line with other motor traffic. All of the T-68 fleet was eventually modified to allow them to operate on the Eccles line.
  From 2009 the new fleet of M5000 trams were introduced, and these replaced the T-68/A trams during 2012–14.
caption: One of the original T-68A trams, now retired, street running along Eccles New Road in 2005.
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