Date: 10/02/2013

A new Metrolink line between Manchester and Droylsden has opened to passengers, seven weeks behind schedule. The route, which will serve the city's Velodrome and Manchester City's Etihad Stadium, was delayed due to problems with a tram management system. [From Mark Bartlett]

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The new Metrolink line between Manchester and Droylsden opens to passengers seven weeks behind schedule.

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For almost twenty years all trams to Manchester Piccadilly terminated in the undercroft station, but the new line to Droylsden opened in 2012 and will later extend to Ashton-under-Lyne. First of the Metrolink fleet No. 1001 climbs away from Piccadilly back to the city centre. The bridge in the background carries the railway line from Manchester Oxford Rd.
Location: Manchester Piccadilly
Company: Greater Manchester Metrolink
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Velodrome - one of several new Metrolink stations taking shape on the route from Manchester Piccadilly out to Ashton-under-Lyne. This station will serve Sport City which includes the National Cycling Centre and the Manchester City Football Ground. Evening view looking east towards Ashton.
Location: Velodrome
Company: Greater Manchester Metrolink
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Manchester Metrolink tram at St Peter's Square on 5 March 2009. The building on the left is Manchester's Central Library.
Location: St Peters Square
Company: Greater Manchester Metrolink
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