Village tram stop

Village is a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink's Trafford Park Line. It is located adjacent to Village Way and is close to the Village Circle roundabout, its namesake.^[1] It opened on 22 March 2020.^[2][3]

Village
Metrolink station
General information
Location	Trafford Park, Trafford England
Coordinates	53.46741°N 2.30914°W / 53.46741; -2.30914
Line(s)	Trafford Park Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
Key dates
22 March 2020	Opened
Route map Legend to Pomona to Exchange Quay Pomona Docks Trafford Park boundary 0:13 Wharfside 0:11 Imperial War Museum footbridges to MediaCityUK Manchester Ship Canal 0:08 Village 0:06 Parkway Bridgewater Canal 0:02 Barton Dock Road 0:00 The Trafford Centre This diagram: view talk edit
Location

It was the least used stop on the Trafford Park Line in the 2021/22 financial year.

History

Some of the tram tracks around Village run very close to the alignments of the now derelict Trafford Park Railway.

Pre-opening

In 2013, the GMCA and the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership announced that it may fund the construction of the Trafford Park Line as far as The Trafford Centre, estimating that the line could be open to passengers by 2018/19, subject to a satisfactory business case, Transport and Works Act Order and public consultation.^[4]

Opening

The stop opened to passengers on 22 March 2020, and the first passenger service tram (3073) stopped at Village just before 06:43.^[5][6]

Layout

Imperial War Museum does serve IWM North, but also serves MediaCityUK and ITV Studios across a footbridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. This also allows for an out-of-station interchange with MediaCityUK tram stop.

Imperial War Museum tram stop consists of two platforms (island platform). Two dot matrix passenger information displays stand serving one platform each, and show estimated arrival times for trams in minutes up to 30 minutes prior (up to three at a time) and number of carriages.

This stop has step-free access.

Also, a new bus stop was constructed at the tram stop, and the bus stop on the other side of the road was moved further down towards the tram stop and given a canopy.

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Some routes (not shown here) only run during peak times. From this stop, services run to Castlefield in Manchester city centre in one direction and to The Trafford Centre in the other.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Parkway towards The Trafford Centre		The Trafford Centre–Deansgate		Imperial War Museum towards Deansgate-Castlefield

Transport connections

Bus

There are no bus stops directly serving Village tram stop, but it is served closest by bus route X50 (Worsley–Piccadilly Gardens). Also close by is route 18 (Eccles–Manchester Airport)

Train

This tram stop is not connected to any railway stations, but the nearest one is Trafford Park, approximately one mile away walking.

References

1. "Pages - Trafford Park central area". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
2. "Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m tramline opening date revealed". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
3. "Metrolink's Trafford Park line to open as planned at weekend". Place North West. 20 March 2020.
4. Greater Manchester Combined Authority (26 July 2013). "Report for Resolution: Earnback Model, SEMMMS and Metrolink Trafford Park Extension" (PDF). Association of Greater Manchester Authorities. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
5. Prior, Gareth. "In Pictures: Metrolink's Trafford Park line opens | British Trams Online News". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
6. GM Trainspotting (22 March 2020). Metrolink Driver's Eye View - Trafford Park Line - Cornbrook to intu Trafford Centre. Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via YouTube.