P+R 127

Whitefield
P+R 9

Metrolink network A guide to using trams Salford in Greater Manchester Quays

Exchange Quay

Besses o th Barn

Milnrow

Choosing your ticket

P+R 36 P+R 12

Kingsway Business Park

Buying your ticket

Metrolink ticket machines are located on the stop platforms and are easy to use. Simply touch the screen and follow the on-screen instructions. If you arent sure what you are looking for, just press the button marked at any time to get more information. You can buy any type of Metrolink ticket from our machines, including a Weekly Season Ticket, but remember that you will need a valid Metrolink Travel Club ID Card to buy a 4-weekly, Quarterly or Annual Season Ticket. You can also use the ticket machines to buy Combined Day Travelcard tickets that allow you to travel on Metrolink and on rail and bus services too. You can pay for your tickets by credit or debit card, or by cash. Metrolink ticket machines accept all bank notes and coins except for 50 notes, 2p and 1p coins. You can also buy Season Tickets at PayPoint agents where you see the PayPoint symbol, or at www.metrolink.co.uk Its not possible to purchase tickets on board, so please make sure that you buy a ticket before you travel because travelling without a ticket can cost you 100.

Prestwich Newhey Metrolink offers a range of ticket types to suit a wide variety of travel needs. Shaw and Heaton

Welcome to your expanding Metrolink tram network

Since the first lines to Bury and Altrincham opened in 1992, the network has more than doubled in size, with lines to Eccles, MediaCityUK, Chorlton, Oldham, Rochdale, Droylsden and Didsbury bringing passengers into the heart of Manchester city centre.
Trams now run to 69 stops covering over 70km (44 miles) of track and the multi-million pound expansion of the system continues with new lines, a fleet of state-of-the-art trams, on-stop ticket machines and improved passenger facilities and information. Metrolink is the UKs premier tram network. For more information visit www.metrolink.co.uk or email future.metrolink@tfgm.com

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To make a journey between two specific stops on the network Bowker Derker for one day only, choose Single or Return Tickets. Remember that Vale you must complete your outward journey within 90 minutes Oldham Crumpsall Mumps of buying your ticket.
46 P+R 254 P+R 43

Park

Crompton

P+R

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Pomona Dane Road
33 P+R

CITY ZONE
DeansgateCastlefield

Woodlands Road

Regular benefits
195 P+R

Abraham Moss

Freehold

Old Trafford Trafford Bar CORNBROOK Firswood

Victoria Market Street

Stretford

If you use the tram regularly you can choose from a Weekly, South Chadderton Newton 4-weekly , Quarterly or Annual Season Ticket which allows you Heath and unlimited travel on your specified route for the period covered Moston Hollinwood Monsall by your ticket. Failsworth If your Season Ticket or Return Ticket covers a journey into the City Zone, you get the added benefit of being able to use it for unlimited travel within the City Zone for the same period. To purchase a 4-weekly, Quarterly or Annual Season Ticket you first need to get a free Metrolink Travel Club ID Card, Edge Lane Velopark which are available from any Transport for Greater Manchester DROYLSDEN Claytonor you Etihad Cemetery Travelshop can download an application form at Hall Campus Road www.metrolink.co.uk . Weekly Season Tickets are available on stop at our ticket vending machines.
Central Park

St Peters Square Piccadilly Gardens

Shudehill

Chorlton St Werburghs Road Withington Burton Road

PICCADILLY

Holt Town New Islington

West Didsbury

Didsbury Village

Greater freedom
If you want the freedom to travel anywhere on the network then a Day Travelcard offers great value for money. Choose between a peak Day Travelcard, which is valid anytime, or an off-peak Day Travelcard which is valid after 9.30am Mondays to Fridays, and all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. You can make as many journeys as you like to different places on the network up to the last tram of the day.

P+R 302

EAST DIDSBURY

onFri m Moss

For more information on using Metrolink: Go online www.metrolink.co.uk Call Metrolink Customer Services 0161 205 2000
6am 11pm Monday to Friday 8am 8pm Saturday and Sunday 10am 6pm public holidays

Better value for money

For those using the tram at weekends or as a family or group, you can get even better value. As an individual, you can travel anywhere on the network from 6pm Friday to the last tram on Sunday for just 5.50 with a Weekend Travelcard. If youre travelling with the family, up to three children accompanied by one or two adults can travel anywhere on the network for a day with a Family Day Travelcard for just 6.80, or you can get the most out of a weekend with unlimited travel for just 7.50 with a Family Weekend Travelcard. Up to four adults travelling together outside peak hours can buy a Group Day Travelcard for travel anywhere on the network for just 10.50.

Travel Club ID and igo pass

A Metrolink Travel Club ID Card is required as proof of identity to purchase a 4-weekly, Quarterly or Annual Season Ticket. You can get one from any of Transport for Greater Manchesters Travelshops or apply online at www.metrolink.co.uk You will need to produce your Season Ticket and Travel Club ID Cards together when asked to do so by a Metrolink Passenger Services Representative. Young people aged 1116 who live or attend school in Greater Manchester are eligible for an igo pass from Transport for Greater Manchester. It provides a readily accepted proof of eligibility on all public transport across Greater Manchester and is valid up to the 31 August following your 16th birthday.

Here are a few good reasons to use the Metrolink service: Save time It takes much less time than the equivalent peak-time journey by road. Save money If you currently drive into the city centre youll find that, compared to the cost of fuel and parking, travelling by Metrolink represents great value. Save hassle With services running every 12 minutes* to and from the city centre, your next tram is never far away.

For all information on public transport or to request this leaflet in other formats: Call Traveline 0871 200 22 33
7am 8pm Monday to Friday 8am 8pm Saturday, Sunday & public holidays
Calls cost 10p a minute plus network extras.

Ride your bike to the tram

To make it easier to get to your nearest Metrolink stop we have improved the facilities for bike storage. Bike stands or bike lockers are available at most stops. In addition Cycle Hubs at Bury and Piccadilly Gardens offer secure under-cover bike parking: www.tfgm.com/cycling For the safety and comfort of all our passengers, it is not permitted to take bikes on the tram, except for fully-covered, folding bikes.

Eligible for concessionary travel?

Children and concessionary pass holders can get great value travel options on Metrolink. Accompanied children under 5 travel free Children aged 515 inclusive can travel at child fares but proof of age (igo pass recommended) is required from age 11 People with an over 60s NCTP * can travel for free in off-peak hours People with a disabled NCTP * can travel at concessionary rates in peak hours and for free in off-peak hours Greater Manchester Concession Plus pass holders can travel for free at all times.
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All information in this leaflet is correct at time of going to press. If you have any comments about your new Metrolink service and how we can encourage you to use it, please send us your thoughts to customerservices@metrolink.co.uk

www.metrolink.co.uk
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NCTP National Concessionary Travel Pass (issued by Transport for Greater Manchester)

Every 15 minutes outside the hours of 9am5.30pm on Sundays and public holidays
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Metrolink tram service Trams run on the Metrolink network from approximately 0600 to 0030 Mondays to Thursdays, with last trams running later on Fridays and Saturdays. On Sundays, trams start later and finish earlier in a time range of approximately 0700 to 2230. Details of the specific first and last tram times from each stop are displayed on the stop platform, or from the information sources shown on the back of this guide.

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P+R 100

ROCHDALE RAILWAY STATION Newbold

P+R 217

Radcliffe
P+R 127

P+R 250

Whitefield
P+R 9

P+R 250

Ladywell

Besses o th Barn
P+R 36

Milnrow

Kingsway Business Park Newhey

Weaste Langworthy Broadway Harbour City MEDIACITYUK Salford Quays Exchange Quay

Prestwich
P+R 12

Heaton Park

Shaw and Crompton

P+R 254

P+R 46

Bowker Vale Crumpsall Woodlands Road

P+R 43

Derker

Anchorage

Oldham Mumps Freehold

Abraham Moss

CITY ZONE
Pomona Brooklands
P+R 108 25 P+R

Dane Road

33 P+R

Old Trafford Trafford Bar CORNBROOK Firswood

DeansgateCastlefield

Victoria Market Street

Monsall

Newton Heath and Moston

195 P+R

South Chadderton Hollinwood

Sale

Stretford

Central Park Shudehill

Failsworth

Navigation Road
P+R 65

Timperley Chorlton

St Peters Square Piccadilly Gardens

PICCADILLY Holt Town New Islington Velopark Clayton Hall Edge Lane Cemetery Road DROYLSDEN

ALTRINCHAM

St Werburghs Road Withington Burton Road

Etihad Campus

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Metrolink stop Line interchange

West Didsbury

Didsbury Village

Metrolink lines Altrincham Piccadilly

Approximate journey time 30 minutes 50 minutes 55 minutes 35 minutes 10 minutes 80 minutes

Extra specific line information

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Rail interchange Bus interchange Trafford Centre bus link Cycle Hub
P+R 100

302

EAST DIDSBURY

Bury Droylsden Altrincham Bury Eccles Piccadilly

Bury Piccadilly, approximate journey time 30 minutes. Droylsden Piccadilly, approximate journey time 20 minutes. Mon Fri 0700 1930, Sat 0915 1730. At all other times change at Piccadilly Gardens. Eccles trams call at MediaCityUK Mon Fri before 0745 and after 2000, Sat before 0955 and after 1835, Sun all day. At all other times use the MediaCityUK service. Mon Fri 0745 2000, Sat 0955 1835. At all other times use the Eccles service. East Didsbury Victoria, approximate journey time 35 minutes. Rochdale Railway Station Victoria, approximate journey time 45 minutes.

Membership required

Park + Ride

Number of car spaces available

Woodlands Road stop: limited service 10am4pm MonFri At all other times use Abraham Moss

Bike stands or bike lockers are available at most stops. For full details see Stop information at www.metrolink.co.uk

MediaCityUK Cornbrook East Didsbury Rochdale Railway Station