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- Manchester_Metrolink abstract "Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network consists of six lines which radiate from Manchester city centre and terminate at Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Didsbury, Eccles, and Rochdale. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and operated and maintained under contract by RATP Group. Also referred to as Manchester Metrolink, 25 million passenger journeys were made on the system in 2012/13.A light rail system for Greater Manchester was born of Greater Manchester County Council's obligations to provide "an integrated and efficient system of public transport" under its structure plan and the Transport Act 1968. Greater Manchester's public transport network suffered from poor north – south connections, exacerbated by the location of Manchester's main railway stations, Piccadilly and Victoria, which were unconnected and lay at opposing edges of central Manchester. Abandoning the monorail and underground options conceived in the 1960s and 1970s, light rail was proposed in 1982 as the best and most economical public transport solution for Manchester city centre and the surrounding Greater Manchester metropolitan area, and gathered support throughout the 1980s as an appropriate integrated commuter service. Government approval was granted in 1988 and the network began operating services between Bury Interchange and Victoria on 6 April 1992. This founded the United Kingdom's first modern street running rail system and its second operational public tram system; the 1885-built Blackpool tramway being the only heritage tram system in the UK which endured up to Metrolink's creation.Metrolink has 77 stops along 48.5 miles (78.1 km) of standard gauge track which is routed through seven of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. The system has a mix of designated light railway (segregated from other traffic) and on-street tramway (shared with pedestrians and motor vehicles). Its fleet of passenger vehicles is composed of Bombardier Flexity Swift M5000s, but also used Ansaldo Firema T-68/T-68As between 1992 and 2014. These vehicles were originally termed LRVs (light rail vehicles), but have become widely known as trams. Other changes include a yellow and silver branding and livery, which replaced the system's original grey and aquamarine identity in 2008.Expansion of Metrolink has been a key strategy of transport planners in Greater Manchester, who have overseen its development in successive projects, known as Phases 1, 2, 3a, 3b and 2CC, which, upon completion of Phases 3b and 2CC in 2016/17, will make Metrolink the largest light rail network in the United Kingdom, with 60 miles (97 km) of track and 93 stops, handling an estimated 45 million passenger journeys a year. TfGM have endorsed further expansion with proposals for new lines to Stockport and Port Salford, and the addition of tram-train technology.".
- Manchester_Metrolink headquarter Cheetham_Hill.
- Manchester_Metrolink headquarter Manchester.
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- Manchester_Metrolink openingDate "1992-04-06".
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- Manchester_Metrolink wikiPageExternalLink 11-0909-Ann_Performance-Report-AW.pdf.
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- Manchester_Metrolink annualRidership "25000000".
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- Manchester_Metrolink caption "An M5000 at Exchange Quay Metrolink station in Salford".
- Manchester_Metrolink caption "Map of Greater Manchester overlaid with Metrolink's service routes in colour. Line termini and Manchester's two main stations are labelled.".
- Manchester_Metrolink chiefExecutive "Chris Coleman".
- Manchester_Metrolink chiefExecutive "Peter Cushing".
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- Manchester_Metrolink headquarters Cheetham_Hill.
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- Manchester_Metrolink subject Category:Electric_railways_in_the_United_Kingdom.
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- Manchester_Metrolink comment "Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network consists of six lines which radiate from Manchester city centre and terminate at Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Didsbury, Eccles, and Rochdale. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and operated and maintained under contract by RATP Group.".
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- Manchester_Metrolink label "Métro léger de Manchester".
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