Piccadilly Gardens tram stop

Not to be confused with Manchester Piccadilly station.

Piccadilly Gardens
Metrolink station
Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in February 2018
General information
LocationPiccadilly Gardens, Manchester
England
Coordinates53°28′49″N 2°14′13″W / 53.4803°N 2.2370°W / 53.4803; -2.2370
Grid referenceSJ843982
Line(s)Piccadilly spur
Platforms2 (island)
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone1
History
Opened27 April 1992
Original companyMetrolink
Location
Map

Piccadilly Gardens is a tram stop in Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located beside Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre, and serves both as a transport hub (by integrating with the adjacent Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station), and interchange station (which can be used for changing between Metrolink lines).[1]

Piccadilly Gardens tram stop opened on 27 April 1992, as part of Metrolink's Phase 1. The station was rebuilt during 2009 with a wider platform and a new canopy, reopening on 2 November 2009. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.[2]

History

In 1931, a new bus station was opened on Parker Street on the former site of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, providing a central transport interchange for bus passengers.[3] In 1945, adjacent site was landscaped as an ornamental sunken garden and named Piccadilly Gardens.[4]

In 1991, construction work began on a new light rail transport network, Manchester Metrolink. New tram lines were laid along the southern and western sides of Piccadilly Gardens, and a new tram stop constructed alongside the bus station, providing an inter-modal exchange between tram and bus.[5]

Services

Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.

Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
Market Street
towards Bury
 Bury–Piccadilly Piccadilly
Terminus
St Peter's Square
towards Altrincham
 Altrincham–Piccadilly
Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only) Piccadilly
towards Etihad Campus
St Peter's Square
towards MediaCityUK
 MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)
St Peter's Square
towards Eccles
 Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Piccadilly
towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
  • Piccadilly Gardens bus station in 1976
    Piccadilly Gardens bus station in 1976
  • The future site of Piccadilly Gardens tram stop, photographed in 1989
    The future site of Piccadilly Gardens tram stop, photographed in 1989
  • Construction of the Manchester Metrolink lines at Piccadilly Gardens in 1991
    Construction of the Manchester Metrolink lines at Piccadilly Gardens in 1991
  • Construction of Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink platforms in 1991
    Construction of Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink platforms in 1991
  • Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in December 2013.
    Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in December 2013.
  • An older T-68 tram at Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in 2005.
    An older T-68 tram at Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in 2005.
  • Inter-modal exchange at the bus station
    Inter-modal exchange at the bus station
  • Map of Manchester City Centre Metrolink stops
    Map of Manchester City Centre Metrolink stops

References

  1. ^ TfGM (2013). "Services Map" (PDF). metrolink.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ A Hundred Years of Road Passenger Transport in Manchester. 1935. p. 30. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ Glinert, Ed (24 April 2008). The Manchester Compendium: A Street-by-Street History of England's Greatest Industrial City. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-102930-6. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ Senior, John A.; Ogden, Eric (1992). Metrolink. Transport Publishing. ISBN 978-0-86317-155-0.
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