Plans to build a new Metrolink line through Trafford Park have been brought to life in a new fly-through video.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is currently holding a major 12-week public consultation on plans for the new line, which closes next month.
The new video takes passengers on a virtual journey along the 5.5km route, which would branch off from the existing Pomona stop on a largely off-street route through to the intu Trafford Centre, providing a direct link to the city.
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It shows six new stops, planned near to key destinations including Wharfside for Old Trafford, the Imperial War Museum North, Trafford Park Village, Parkway, EventCity and the intu Trafford Centre.
The proposed route runs from the Pomona stop along the Manchester Ship Canal, following Trafford Wharf Road and Warren Bruce Road before running through the Village area of Trafford Park.
It then runs through the Parkway Circle area, where a nearby Park and Ride is proposed, and crosses the Bridgewater Canal before terminating at the intu Trafford Centre.
The new line would also allow for an increase in services for cricket and football match days and events at Old Trafford through a proposed new turn back facility at Warren Bruce Road – similar to that serving the Etihad Campus at Velopark.
It could be built as early as 2019/20, but this would be subject to the timescales involved with securing both the necessary powers and full funding.
The video is online at the consultation website – www.tfgm.com/traffordparkline – which also has more information about the scheme and details of five more drop-in events at public venues along the route.
Feedback received during the 12-week long public consultation will help TfGM finalise the before applying to government for statutory powers to construct and run services on the new line.
Any comments on the proposals can be made online at www.tfgm.com/traffordparkline, by completing a response form in the consultation brochure, or by sending an email to future.metrolink@tfgm.com. The consultation closes on 26 September.
