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Metrolink Bombardier tram 3058 climbs the hill at Drake Street, passing the signal at the Water Street junction, on the day that a tram service ran into the town centre for the first time in 80 years (Link Manchester Evening News).

The Oldham and Rochdale Metrolink line was completed when the extension to Rochdale Town Centre opened on 31st March, 2014. The Rochdale town centre extension continues from SD8912 : Rochdale Railway Station Tramstop along Maclure Road before running downhill along Drake Street. The route terminates at Rochdale Town Centre stop on the north side of Smith Street.