Light rail line on the Manchester Metrolink network in Greater Manchester, England
Trafford Park Line
A Bombardier M5000 tram approaching the Trafford Centre.
Overview
Locale
Manchester Trafford
Termini
Pomona
The Trafford Centre
Stations
6
Website
Transport for Greater Manchester
Service
Type
Tram/Light rail
System
Manchester Metrolink
Rolling stock
Bombardier M5000
History
Opened
22 March 2020
Technical
Line length
5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Character
Reserved track & limited street running
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
750 volts DC overhead
Operating speed
40 mph (64km/h)
Route map
Legend
to Pomona
to Exchange Quay
Pomona Docks
Trafford Park
boundary
0:13
Wharfside
0:11
Imperial War Museum
footbridges
to MediaCityUK
Manchester Ship Canal
0:08
Village
0:06
Parkway
Bridgewater Canal
0:02
Barton Dock Road
0:00
The Trafford Centre
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The Trafford Park Line is a light rail line on the Manchester Metrolink network in Greater Manchester, England, running from Pomona to The Trafford Centre. Its name derives from Trafford Park, an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, and the first planned industrial estate in the world.[1] The line opened in March 2020.
^Nicholls, Robert (1996), Trafford Park: The First Hundred Years, Phillimore & Co, p. xiii, ISBN 978-1-86077-013-5
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