Trams at Deansgate-Castlefield

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 23 Feb 2023

Three Bombardier M5000 trams at the Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop. 3110 is at the outbound platform on the route to Eccles; 3135 at the outbound side of the island platform waiting to depart on the service to the Trafford Centre; 3037 at the inbound side of the island platform on the route to Piccadilly. Originally, the stop had two platforms serving tracks running in separate directions. These platforms were ‘staggered’ with reduced length and confused access arrangements. It, therefore, had no capacity to operate as an ‘interchange’. The stop was extensively remodelled in 2015; it now has a new inbound island platform and a new outbound platform, as well as improved access and facilities. Two new track cross-overs have also been installed, allowing trams to turn back in both directions, making the stop an interchange. http://www.publicaccess.manchester.gov.uk/associateddocs/Default1.aspx?103196-dsx-0001.pdf pdf document with details of the upgrading of the Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop (Ian Simpson Architects/Manchester City Council). As part of a “green theme” (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/deansgate-castlefield-living-wall-tram-9723668 Manchester Evening News), blocks of sedum were planted between the tracks so that the trams appear to move along a bed of grass as they pass through the stop.

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