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53°28′19″N 2°17′52″W / 53.47194°N 2.29778°W / 53.47194; -2.29778 Template:Infobox Manchester Metrolink station MediaCityUK Metrolink Station is a station on the Manchester Metrolink light rail system in Manchester, North-West England, opened on Monday 20 September 2010.[1] It is the terminus of a 360-metre-long branch line (0.22 mi) from the Eccles Line which was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink extension project. The extension branches off from the Eccles Line just after Harbour City. The station serves the MediaCityUK development in Salford Quays and the The Lowry art gallery and Imperial War Museum North.

History

A 1924 map of Manchester Docks
A 1924 map of Manchester Docks
The Metrolink 2010 extension

MediaCityUK is a development within Salford Quays, on the site of the former Manchester Docks. When an active port, the quays were served by numerous railway goods lines.

The Metrolink's extension into Salford Quays is part of a programme of urban renewal for the area around the Manchester Ship Canal. Plans for a light rail system into Salford Quays have existed since around 1987, initially as far as Broadway;[2] the proposals evolved, with plans for a branch line to serve the Lowry arts centre.[3] The MediaCity extension replaced that proposal.[4]

Services to the station were suspended following an incident on the second day of operation, relating to the Harbour City crossover. A driver reversed after only partially passing over spring-loaded points causing the tram to straddle two tracks and hit a central support column.[5]

Currently the stop is served by a dedicated Piccadilly - MediaCityUK service. The plan is to have the stop served by a short service to Cornbrook when a reversal siding has been commissioned and the tram management system (TMS) is in operation between Deansgate-Castlefield and Trafford.

Trams

A new generation of light rail vehicles (LRVs) was ordered for Metrolink from the rail manufacturer Bombardier. Four of these LRVs are required to operate the MediaCity line.[6] The Flexity Swift LRVs, designated 'M5000', are similar to the K5000 series used in Cologne and Bonn in Germany, and similar to the low-floor models used by London’s Tramlink.

The first delivery of the trams from Bombardier arrived at Metrolink's Queens Road depot in July 2009 and subjected to approximately three months of testing and driver training before entering service in the autumn of that year.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Metrolink trams pull in to MediaCityUK station for first time". Manchester Evening News. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  2. ^ Metrolink Community Liaison (1987). "Metrolink - Light Rail in Greater Manchester". publicity brochure. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority and Executive. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Metrolink Future Network" (PDF). GMPTE. 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  4. ^ "Mediacity:uk". GMPTE. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  5. ^ "Eccles Metrolink line reopens after Salford Quays tram crash". MEN. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  6. ^ "New trams for Quays' 'media city'". BBC News. 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  7. ^ "Metrolink's first new tram lands in Manchester". GMPTE. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  8. ^ LRTA web page on the new trams for Metrolink, including pictures
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