2009

SJ8497 : London Road from a Tram

taken 14 years ago, near to Manchester, England

London Road from a Tram
London Road from a Tram
Viewed from a Metrolink tram about to cross London Road and enter Piccadilly Station. A 192 bus is heading to Stockport and a train is crossing over towards Oxford Road station and further points West.
Greater Manchester bus route 192

Greater Manchester bus route 192 is a frequent and popular bus route running between Manchester city centre and Stockport. It carries over nine million passengers each year, and is often considered to be the busiest bus route in the country.

The service begins near to Piccadilly station (on the return to Manchester, it terminates in Piccadilly Gardens). From here, the route mainly follows the length of the A6, serving Manchester, Ardwick, Longsight, Levenshulme, Heaton Chapel, Stockport town centre, Heaviley, Great Moor, Stepping Hill and Hazel Grove, terminating near to the Rising Sun pub.

More information: LinkExternal link (Wikipedia)


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport Railways City, Town centre Primary Subject: Bus other tags: Bus Railway Bridge Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Station [885] · Road [537] · Piccadilly Station [398] · Oxford Road [365] · London Road [259] · Oxford Road Station [121] ·
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SJ8497, 2109 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 3 November, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 4 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 847 977 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.5914N 2:13.8923W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 847 978
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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