Metrolink to Exchange Square

Metrolink 3104 at the new Exchange Square stop adjacent to the Corn Exchange and the Arndale Centre

Sunday 6th December saw the opening of the first section of the new Second City Crossing line on Manchester's Metrolink system, that will eventually run all the way between Victoria Station and St. Peter's Square by 2017. The initial section of the line between Victoria Station and the new Exchange Square stop on Corporation Street commenced operation early on the morning of the 6th. The Sunday service runs between Exchange Square and Rochdale, for the rest of the week (Monday to Saturday) the route will operate a shorter service terminating at Shaw and Crompton.

3088 to Exchange Square crossing over the junction at Victoria Station towards the new Corporation St line

Metrolink 3105 leaving Exchange Square bound for Rochdale along Corporation Street

Metrolink 3085 passing the Printworks on Corporation Street as it nears the new Exchange Square stop

Metrolink 3103 from Rochdale pulling up at the new Exchange Square stop in Corporation Street

3085 at Exchange Square alongside The Roast Hog Lounge Bar which is part of the 2015 Christmas Market

3085 departing from the Exchange Square stop empty after it has unloaded its passengers

A bird's eye view of tram 3075 approaching the northbound platform of the new stop at Exchange Square

Metrolink 3085 at the current terminus of the line just south of the Exchange Square stop in Corporation Street