Date: 23/12/2013

Work on a second Metrolink line through the heart of the city centre will begin in January. The three-year £165m Second City Crossing project will allow more trams to cross the heart of Manchester. Starting in Lower Mosley Street, it will run through St Peter's Square before turning down Princess Street and along Cross Street. After Corporation Street, it will re-join the existing line just outside Victoria station. The planned finish date is early 2017 but the section up to Exchange Square could be ready in 2015. [From Mark Bartlett]

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Metrolink will start work on second Manchester city crossing in January

Manchester Evening News

The three-year £165m Second City Crossing project will allow more trams to cross the heart of of the city.

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