2020

SJ8096 : Metrolink Tram at Trafford Wharf Road

taken 4 years ago, near to Trafford Park, Trafford, England

Metrolink Tram at Trafford Wharf Road
Metrolink Tram at Trafford Wharf Road
Metrolink tram number 3068 passing the flour mill at Trafford Wharf Road on the route to the intu Trafford Centre.

Built in 1907, the Rank Hovis Mill is the only flour mill still operating in Trafford Park. In its heyday there were three mills handling wheat imported by sea, particularly from Canada and transported via the Manchester Ship Canal. Today the wheat is brought by road from Liverpool.
LinkExternal link Manchester History Net
Metrolink Trafford Park Line

Metrolink’s extension to the Trafford Centre opened for business on Sunday 22nd March 2020. Unfortunately, this date coincided with the travel restrictions imposed by the UK Government to combat the 2020 coronavirus pandemic LinkExternal link and the trams initially ran from the Trafford Centre to Cornbrook rather than through the city centre and onto Crumpsall as originally planned.

The new Trafford Park line added a further 5.5km of track and six additional stops to the metrolink network (which was already the UK’s largest tram network) bringing the total to over 100km of track and 99 stops. The new line runs through Europe’s largest industrial estate, and the additional stops provide easy access to some of the region’s top retail and leisure destinations, including the Trafford Centre, Old Trafford stadium and Imperial War Museum North.


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SJ8096, 369 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 2 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 5 July, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 801 969 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.1453N 2:18.0205W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 801 970
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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