Piccadilly Gardens tram stop
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] HistoryIn 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] ServicesServices run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.
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