It is a well known fact that Transport for Greater Manchester is constantly contacted asking where the ‘Coronation Street’ tram stop is, not least as there is a CGI tram in the programme’s titles and a ‘tram stop’ on the show’s set.
Indeed, after the tram crash in 2010’s 50th Anniversary episode, TfGM had almost 300 queries asking if the trams were still running in Manchester, such is the zeitgeist of the world’s longest running soap.
In the ‘real world’ to head towards the ‘Corrie’ site for a visit, the nearest stop is the IWM North, a short wander away from the ‘Coronation Street Experience’, which proudly corners the largest single TV production site in the world.
And from 19th June, you might be arriving in true ‘Corrie style, as today ITV Studios proudly reveal the most ‘Manc’ transport ever with the launch of the ‘Coronation Street Experience’ tram, a unique homage to the show which will meander across the network for the next 12 months .
Created with visuals from Manchester based agency ‘Meanwhile’, the ‘insta-trammable’ rolling stock is dressed with a gorgeous mock-up of illustrations from the cobbles giving passengers the change to head to Rochdale through the legendary ‘Rovers doors’, arrive at Kingsway through the Kabin door, make their way to the Velopark via Vera and Jack’s infamous clad ‘No. 9 door or rock up at Radcliffe through the entrance to Roy’s Rolls.
