2009

SD8500 : Metro Link Depot

taken 17 years ago, near to Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England

Metro Link Depot
Metro Link Depot
This is where all the metro trams are housed over night.
Metrolink (Manchester)

The Metrolink is a light rail system. The network consists of eight lines which radiate from Manchester city centre to termini at Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, East Didsbury, Eccles, Manchester Airport, Rochdale and The Trafford Centre.
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Queens Road Metrolink Depot & Station

Metrolink House at Queens Road in Cheetham Hill was the headquarters of Metrolink. Constructed during Phase 1, it served jointly as a control centre, HQ, office space, and depot for the storage, maintenance and repair of vehicles. Although still a tram Depot the Metrolink HQ has moved to Old Trafford.
Queens Road Metrolink station originally opened as a staff halt stop only serving the Metrolink system's original Queens Road depot at Metrolink House. The station opened to the public on 16 December 2013.


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SD8500, 185 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 21 March, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 23 March, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 850 003 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:29.9887N 2:13.6286W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 851 003
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Fourth Visitor for SD8500)
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