page_title: Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop
section_title: Service pattern
hierarchical_section_title: Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop / Services / Service pattern
caption_attribution_description: English: 2004 and 1019 crossing at GMex
context_page_description: Deansgate-Castlefield is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system, on Deansgate in the Castlefield area of Manchester city centre. It opened on 27 April 1992 as G-Mex tram stop, taking its name from the adjacent G-Mex Centre, a concert, conference and exhibition venue; the G-Mex Centre was rebranded as Manchester Central in 2007, prompting the Metrolink stop to be renamed on 20 September 2010. The station underwent redevelopment in 2014–15 to add an extra platform in preparation for the completion of the Second City Crossing in 2016–17.
  Deansgate-Castlefield serves as a transport hub by integrating with National Rail services from Deansgate railway station by a footbridge. Exits from the station lead to the Great Northern Warehouse, the reconstructed Mamucium Roman Fort, the Beetham Tower, and Deansgate Locks. Part of Zone 1, the stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.
context_section_description: At peak times (07:15 – 19:30 Monday to Friday, 09:30 – 18:30 Saturday):
  10 trams per hour to Altrincham
  5 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne
  5 trams per hour to Bury
  10 trams per hour to East Didsbury
  5 trams per hour to Eccles
  5 trams per hour to Etihad Campus
  5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport
  5 trams per hour to MediaCityUK
  5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
  5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
  5 trams per hour to Shaw and Crompton
  5 trams per hour to Victoria
  Offpeak (all other times during operational hours):
  5 trams per hour to Altrincham
  5 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne
  5 trams per hour to East Didsbury
  5 trams per hour to Eccles via MediaCityUK
  5 trams per hour to Manchester Airport
  5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
  5 trams per hour to Rochdale Town Centre
  5 trams per hour to Victoria
caption: Aerial shot of two trams passing at Deansgate-Castlefield in 2006, with the line through Deansgate railway station in the background. The A56 road passes under both lines.
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