HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Exchange Square tram stop is a stop in the
City Zone Zone 1 of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network is the heart of the system where all of the other lines converge. Its boundaries are broadly equivalent to those of Manchester city centre, and approximately mirror the city's Inner Ring Roa ...
of
Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...
's Metrolink light rail system, in
Exchange Square Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * ...
opposite the Manchester Arndale shopping centre in Manchester city centre. It is part of the Second City Crossing (2CC). Construction began in 2014 and the line to the stop was tested in November 2015. The stop opened as a north-facing terminus on 6 December 2015 with trams running to
Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...
, until the full Second City Crossing was completed in early 2017. Once the Second City Crossing opened in February 2017, services extended to East Didsbury.


Services


Peak

*12 minute service to Rochdale *12 minute service to Shaw and Crompton *6 minute service to East Didsbury


Offpeak

*12 minute service to Rochdale *12 minute service to East Didsbury


Gallery

File:Exchange Square tram stop.jpg, A view of Exchange Square tram stop.


References


External links


Metrolink stop informationFailsworth area map
Tram stops in Manchester 2015 establishments in England {{UK-metro-stub