Manchester Metrolink Tram Ride - Piccadilly Gardens To Eccles, Via Media City ( Westbound LHS View )

A ride on the Manchester Metrolink Tram Network
Time stamps below description

Welcome on board one of the world’s greatest Tram / Light Rail Networks :-
The Manchester Metrolink, with 99 Stations / Stops, along 105 km track, covering Seven of the Ten Greater Manchester Boroughs
Helping Three million residents get to work, school, and play, and welcoming visitors from all parts of the UK, and beyond.

Westbound ride, view from LHS

Today's ride is from Piccadilly Gardens in the heart of the city, to Eccles over in Salford, calling at all stops along the way as detailed in the time stamps below.
Go past Manchester Art Gallery at 02:01
Go past Bridgewater Hall at 03:48
Footbridge access to Deansgate National Rail Station at 05:26
Cross the Bridgewater Canal, and ride along side it at 09:22
Notice the Tram Lines at 11:18 that go to the Trafford Centre
Cross the Manchester Ship Canal at 11:25
Cross Trafford Road at 14:17

Leave the Tram at Media City UK stop for easy access to :-
BBC Studios
ITV Studios
Lowry Theatre
Lowry Shopping Mall ( Quayside MediaCity UK )

If you go all the way to Eccles, Morrisons Supermarket is adjacent to the tram stop, along with a retail park, great local shops also nearby, and don't forget to try an Eccles cake !!

You can connect with national rail at Deansgate, and Eccles

Filmed on 27/06/21

Time stamps :-
00:00 - Piccadilly Gardens
02:21 - St. Peter's Square
04:50 - Deansgate-Castlefield
07:52 - Cornbrook
10:27 - Pomona
12:53 - Exchange Quay
14:56 - Salford Quays
17:15 - Anchorage
18:28 - Harbour City
20:50 - Media City UK
22:36 - Broadway
24:38 - Langworthy
26:50 - Weaste
30:22 - Ladywell
31:55 - Eccles

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