Welcome to your expanding Metrolink tram network A guide to using trams
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Welcome to your expanding Metrolink tram network A guide to using trams
Metrolink network A guide to using trams in Greater Manchester Choosing your ticket Buying your ticket Metrolink offers a range of ticket types to suit a wide variety of travel needs. Metrolink ticket machines are located on the stop platforms and are easy to use. Simply touch the screen and follow the on-screen instructions. If you aren’t sure what you are looking for, just press the button marked at any time to get more information. To make a journey between two stops on the network on a single day, choose a Single or Return ticket. You must complete your outward journey within 120 minutes of buying your ticket. Greater Manchester tram network map Regular benefits November 2014 If you use the tram regularly you can choose from a Weekly, 4-weekly or Annual Season Ticket which allows you unlimited travel on your specified route for the period covered by your ticket. 250 P+R ECCLES If your Season Ticket or Return Ticket covers a journey into the City Zone, you get the added benefit of being able to use it for unlimited travel within the City Zone for the same period. Bowker Weaste Langworthy Ladywell 217 Broadway P+R Vale Harbour City MEDIACITYUK Prestwich Whitefield P P Anchorage P ALTRINCHAM MANCHESTER AIRPORT Sale P+R Brooklands Shadowmoss Peel Hall 108 Robinswood Road Wythenshawe Town Centre Stretford Dane Road P Barlow Moor Road Benchill Roundthorn Crossacres Martinscroft Moor Road Baguley Northern Moor P+R Firswood Wythenshawe Park No trams call at Victoria CITY ZONE St Peter’s Square Chorlton Market Street Piccadilly Gardens P+R Sale Water Park Withington Moston Shudehill Greater freedom Etihad Campus Clayton Hall Cemetery Road Audenshaw 200 P+R Ashton West ASHTON- UNDER-LYNE If you the freedom to travel anywhere on the network then a Droylsden Ashton Edge Lane Velopark Holtwant Moss Town Day Travelcard offers great value for money. New Islington 302 West Didsbury Didsbury Village P+R 251 190 P+R PICCADILLY Burton Road P+R P 270 DeansgateCastlefield CORNBROOK St Werburgh’s Road 300 P+R You can also use the ticket machines to buy Combined Day Travelcard tickets that allow you to travel on Metrolink and on rail and bus services too. You can pay for your tickets by credit or debit card, or by cash. Metrolink ticket machines accept all bank notes and coins except for £50 notes, 2p and 1p coins. P+R Old Trafford Bar Trafford P ROCHDALE TOWN CENTRE 100 Exchange Quay Timperley 81 Newbold 216 Pomona P+R Milnrow P+R P Salford Quays Navigation Road 369 BURY Newhey you first need To purchase a 4-weekly Annual Season Ticket Kingsway Rochdale Crumpsall Radcliffe Heaton orBesses Business Park Railway o’ th’ Barn Park Station to get a free Metrolink Travel Club ID Card, which are available Abraham Moss Shaw and Crompton Derker fromQueens any Transport for Greater Manchester Travelshop or you can Road Oldham Central Oldham Central South Mumps download an application form at www.metrolink.co.uk. Weekly Failsworth Chadderton Westwood Park Victoria Newtonavailable Monsall Freehold Hollinwood on Oldham Season Tickets are stopKing at our ticket vending machines. Heath and Street P You can buy any type of Metrolink ticket from our machines, including a Weekly Season Ticket, but remember that you will need a valid Metrolink Travel Club ID Card to buy a 4-weekly or Annual Season Ticket. EAST DIDSBURY You can also buy Season Tickets at PayPoint agents where you see the PayPoint symbol, or at www.metrolink.co.uk It’s not possible to purchase tickets on board, so please make sure that you buy a ticket before you travel because travelling without a ticket can cost you £100. Welcome to your expanding Metrolink tram network Since the first lines to Bury and Altrincham opened in 1992, the network has grown – with lines to Eccles, MediaCityUK, Chorlton, Oldham, Rochdale, Didsbury, Ashton and Manchester Airport bringing passengers into the heart of Manchester city centre. Trams will now run to 92 stops covering 92km (57 miles) of track – and the multi-million pound expansion of the system continues – with new lines, a fleet of state-ofthe-art trams, on-stop ticket machines and improved passenger facilities and information. Metrolink is the UK’s premier tram network. For more information visit www.metrolink.co.uk or email future.metrolink@tfgm.com P+R 195 Choose between a peak Day Travelcard, which is valid anytime, or an off-peak Day Travelcard which is valid after 9.30am Mondays to Fridays, and all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. You can make as many journeys as you like to different places on the network up to the last tram of the day. © Transport for Greater Manchester 2014 14-1485-142651-TRAM Key Metrolink stop Line interchange Metrolink tram service Metrolink lines Trams run on the Metrolink network from approximately 0600 to 0030 Mondays to Thursdays, with last trams running later on Fridays and Saturdays. On Sundays, trams start later and finish earlier in a time range of approximately 0700 to 2230. For more information on using Metrolink: Rail interchange Bus interchange Details of the specific first and last tram times from each stop are displayed on the stop platform, or from the information sources shown on the back of this guide. Go online Bike stands or bike lockers are available at most stops. @MCRMetrolink www.metrolink.co.uk For full details see ‘Stop information’ Trafford Centre bus link Manchester Airport Cycle Hub Altrincham – Piccadilly Bury – Abraham Moss Altrincham – Bury Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne MediaCityUK – Cornbrook Membership required P+R 100 P Park & Ride at www.metrolink.co.uk East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Call Metrolink Customer Services 0161 205 2000 Number of car spaces available Car Park Manchester Airport – Cornbrook Limited spaces available 6am – 11pm Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm Saturday and Sunday 10am – 6pm public holidays Accessibility Metrolink trams and stops have been designed to make access as easy as possible for all our passengers. For full details our Metrolink Access Guide can be downloaded at: www.metrolink.co.uk/using-the-network For all information on public transport or to request this leaflet in other formats: Call Traveline 0871 200 22 33 7am – 8pm Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm Saturday, Sunday & public holidays Calls cost 10p a minute plus network extras. All information in this leaflet is correct at time of going to press. If you have any comments about your new Metrolink service and how we can encourage you to use it, please send us your thoughts to customerservices@metrolink.co.uk Better value for money Journey time Extra specific line information 29 minutes Mon – Fri 0713 – 2001 Piccadilly to Altrincham, 0711 – 2011 Altrincham to Piccadilly For thoseMonusing tram atMoss,weekends or as a family, you can get even – Fri 0703 –the 2015 Bury to Abraham 19 minutes 0638 – 1950 Abraham Moss to Bury METROLINK better value. Altrincham – St Peter’s Square, approximate journey time 23 minutes. 55 minutes Bury – Shudehill, approximate journey time 25 minutes. Eccles trams call at MediaCityUK Mon – Fri before 0745 and after 2000, As individual, you can anywhere on the network 1 houran 4 mins Sat before 0955 and after 1835, Sun alltravel day. During improvement work At all other times use the MediaCityUK service. there may be changes to your normal service. from 6pm Friday to the last tram on Sunday for just £5.80 with Mon – Fri 0647 – 2011, Sat 0707 – 2011. 11 minutes Please check before you travel. At all other times use the Eccles service. a Weekend Travelcard. East Didsbury – Shudehill, approximate journey time 31 minutes. 1 hour 22 mins Rochdale Town Centre – Shudehill, approximate journey time 51 minutes. If you’re travelling with the family, up to three children accompanied 40 minutes by one or two adults can travel anywhere on the network for a day with a Family Day Travelcard for just £6.20, or you can get the most out of a weekend with unlimited travel for just £8.00 with a Family Weekend Travelcard. Eligible for concessionary travel? Children and concessionary pass holders can get great value travel options on Metrolink. © TfGM 14-1505/4472–A6–80K–1114 A Metrolink Travel Club ID Card is required as proof of identity to purchase a 4-weekly or Annual Season Ticket. You can get one from any of Transport for Greater Manchester’s Travelshops or apply online at www.metrolink.co.uk Here are a few good reasons to use the Metrolink service: You will need to produce your Season Ticket and Travel Club ID Cards together when asked to do so by a Metrolink Passenger Services Representative. It takes much less time than the equivalent peak-time journey by road. Young people aged 11–16 who live or attend school in Greater Manchester are eligible for an igo pass from Transport for Greater Manchester. It provides a readily accepted proof of eligibility on all public transport across Greater Manchester and is valid up to the 31 August following your 16th birthday. If you are aged 11 or over you must carry proof of your age to pay the child fare. For more information: igo.tfgm.com • Accompanied children under 5 travel free. • Children aged 5–15 inclusive can travel at child fares but proof of age (igo pass recommended) is required from age 11. • Holders of concessionary passes for older people* can travel for free after 9.30am by using their pass to touch in at a yellow smart reader at the start of their journey and touching out at the end. Before 9.30am they need to purchase a full-price ticket. • Holders of concessionary passes for disabled people* can also travel for free after 9.30am using their pass to touch in and out. Before 9.30am they need to purchase a concession price ticket. Ride your bike to the tram Save time Save money If you currently drive into the city centre you’ll find that, compared to the cost of fuel and parking, travelling by Metrolink represents great value. Save hassle With services running every 12 minutes* to and from the city centre, your next tram is never far away. To make it easier to get to your nearest Metrolink stop we have improved the facilities for bike storage. Bike stands or bike lockers are available at most stops. In addition Cycle Hubs at Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Piccadilly Gardens and Rochdale Railway Station stop offer secure under-cover bike parking: www.tfgm.com/cycling For the safety and comfort of all our passengers, it is not permitted to take bikes on the tram, except for fully-covered, folding bikes. • Holders of concession plus passes for disabled people* can travel for free at all times, using their pass to touch in and out at the start and end of every journey. * Issued by Transport for Greater Manchester www.metrolink.co.uk IS CHANGING Travel Club ID and igo pass Every 15 minutes outside the hours of 9am–5.30pm on Sundays and public holidays * Greater Manchester tram network map 250 P+R ECCLES Weaste Langworthy Ladywell 217 Broadway P+R Bowker Vale Harbour City MEDIACITYUK Crumpsall Anchorage P ALTRINCHAM Navigation Road Exchange Quay Timperley 81 MANCHESTER AIRPORT Sale P+R Brooklands Shadowmoss Peel Hall 108 Dane Road P Robinswood Road Wythenshawe Town Centre Stretford Old Trafford Bar Trafford Barlow Moor Road St Werburgh’s Road 300 Benchill Roundthorn Crossacres Martinscroft Moor Road Baguley Northern Moor Wythenshawe Park Firswood Chorlton Sale Water Park DeansgateCastlefield Withington CITY ZONE St Peter’s Square Etihad Campus New Islington EAST DIDSBURY Holt Town Failsworth Newton Heath and Moston Shudehill PICCADILLY BURY Radcliffe Newhey P P+R Monsall Market Street 302 P+R P+R 216 Milnrow P+R 100 Central Park Victoria Burton Road West Didsbury Didsbury Village Besses o’ th’ Barn P Derker 270 No trams call at Victoria Piccadilly Gardens P+R Whitefield Queens Road CORNBROOK P P Abraham Moss Pomona P+R Prestwich Heaton Park P Salford Quays P 369 Clayton Hall Velopark 190 P+R South Chadderton Hollinwood Cemetery Road Edge Lane Oldham Central Westwood Freehold Audenshaw Droylsden 200 P+R Ashton Moss P+R Newbold Kingsway Rochdale Business Park Railway Station Shaw and Crompton ROCHDALE TOWN CENTRE P+R 251 Oldham Mumps Oldham King Street Ashton West P+R ASHTONUNDER-LYNE 195 © Transport for Greater Manchester 2014 14-1485-142651-TRAM Key Metrolink tram service Metrolink lines Journey time Extra specific line information Metrolink stop Trams run on the Metrolink network from approximately 0600 to 0030 Mondays to Thursdays, with last trams running later on Fridays and Saturdays. On Sundays, trams start later and finish earlier in a time range of approximately 0700 to 2230. Altrincham – Piccadilly 29 minutes Mon – Fri 0713 – 2001 Piccadilly to Altrincham, 0711 – 2011 Altrincham to Piccadilly Bury – Abraham Moss 19 minutes Mon – Fri 0703 – 2015 Bury to Abraham Moss, 0638 – 1950 Abraham Moss to Bury Altrincham – Bury 55 minutes Altrincham – St Peter’s Square, approximate journey time 23 minutes. Bury – Shudehill, approximate journey time 25 minutes. Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne 1 hour 4 mins Eccles trams call at MediaCityUK Mon – Fri before 0745 and after 2000, Sat before 0955 and after 1835, Sun all day. At all other times use the MediaCityUK service. MediaCityUK – Cornbrook 11 minutes Mon – Fri 0647 – 2011, Sat 0707 – 2011. At all other times use the Eccles service. East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre 1 hour 22 mins East Didsbury – Shudehill, approximate journey time 31 minutes. Rochdale Town Centre – Shudehill, approximate journey time 51 minutes. Manchester Airport – Cornbrook 40 minutes Line interchange Rail interchange Bus interchange Trafford Centre bus link Manchester Airport Cycle Hub Membership required P+R 100 P Park & Ride Number of car spaces available Car Park Limited spaces available Details of the specific first and last tram times from each stop are displayed on the stop platform, or from the information sources shown on the back of this guide. Bike stands or bike lockers are available at most stops. For full details see ‘Stop information’ at www.metrolink.co.uk METROLINK IS CHANGING During improvement work there may be changes to your normal service. Please check before you travel.