page_title: Manchester Metrolink
section_title: Lines
hierarchical_section_title: Manchester Metrolink / Infrastructure / Lines
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karte: Netzplan der Straßenbahn "Manchester Metrolink" English: Map of the Manchester tramway "Manchester Metrolink" Français&#160;: Plan du réseau de tramway de Manchester "Manchester Metrolink" Open this image as an overlay in Google Earth (Google Maps, Bing) (Help|Source)
context_page_description: Manchester Metrolink is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along 65 miles of standard-gauge track, making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom. Metrolink is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated and maintained under contract by a Keolis/Amey consortium. In 2018/19, 43.7 million passenger journeys were made on the system.
  The network consists of eight lines which radiate from Manchester city centre to termini at Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, East Didsbury, Eccles, Manchester Airport, Rochdale and Trafford Centre. It consists of a mixture of on-street track shared with other traffic; reserved track sections, segregated from other traffic, and converted former railway lines. It is operated by a fleet of Bombardier M5000s.
  A light rail system for Greater Manchester emerged from the failure of the 1970s Picc-Vic tunnel scheme to obtain central government funding. A light-rail scheme was proposed in 1982 as the least expensive rail-based transport solution for Manchester city centre and the surrounding Greater Manchester metropolitan area.
context_section_description: As of December 2015, Metrolink has a network length of 57 miles (92 km) and 93 stops — along eight lines which radiate from a "central triangular junction at Piccadilly Gardens which forms the hub of the Metrolink system" in Zone 1.
  The lines are: the Airport Line (which terminates at Manchester Airport), the Altrincham Line (which terminates in Altrincham), the Bury Line (which terminates in Bury), the East Manchester Line (which terminates in Ashton-under-Lyne), the Eccles Line (which terminates in Eccles), the Oldham and Rochdale Line (which terminates in Rochdale), the South Manchester Line (which terminates in East Didsbury), and the Trafford Park Line (which terminates at the Trafford Centre).
caption: Geographic map of Metrolink system.
exif: {}