Manchester's Metrolink

When the Manchester Metrolink system opened in 1992 it was the UK's first new light rail network and the first on-street tramway in a UK city since the closure of the Glasgow system in 1962. It also marked the return of trams to the streets of Manchester for the first time since the city's original tramway system closed in 1949. 'Manchester's Metrolink' is the story of Manchester's pioneering Metrolink light rail system, which with 99 stops and 65 miles of track, is by far the most extensive light rail system in the UK. The book begins with a brief look at Manchester's original tramway and today's heritage tramway in Heaton Park. It then looks at the never-realised light rail and monorail schemes of the 1960s and the ill-fated Picc-Vic Tunnel project of the 1970s. Original and present-day tram fleets are examined, and how the network operates is described, concluding with future proposals.