Editing Manchester (section)

===Metrolink (tram/light rail)===
{{Main|Manchester Metrolink}}
[[File:Two M5000 trams passing.jpg|thumb|Manchester Metrolink is the [[Transport in the United Kingdom#Trams and light rail|largest tram system in the UK]], with a total route length of {{convert|64|mi|km}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Metrolink line to Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport to open on November 3 – a year ahead of schedule |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-metrolink-line-wythenshawe-manchester-7927130 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=13 October 2014 |access-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018021056/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-metrolink-line-wythenshawe-manchester-7927130 |archive-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref>]]
Manchester became the first city in the UK to acquire a modern [[light rail]] tram system when the [[Manchester Metrolink]] opened in 1992. In 2016–2017, 37.8&nbsp;million passenger journeys were made on the system.<ref name="16/17DfTstats">{{cite web |title=Light Rail and Tram Statistics: England 2016/17 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623366/light-rail-tram-ending-march-2017.pdf |publisher=Department for Transport |access-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709131401/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623366/light-rail-tram-ending-march-2017.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The present system mostly runs on former commuter rail lines converted for light rail use, and crosses the city centre via on-street tram lines.<ref name="metrolink-history">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf |title=Metrolink History |date=9 March 2004 |publisher=Manchester Metrolink |access-date=21 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325191627/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009}}</ref> The network consists of eight lines with [[List of Manchester Metrolink tram stops|99 stops]].<ref name="RTC">{{cite news |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rochdales-first-passenger-tram-80-6897266 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=31 March 2014 |access-date=31 March 2014 |title=Passenger trams start running to and from Rochdale town centre for first time in 80 years |first=John |last=Scheerhout |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072444/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rochdales-first-passenger-tram-80-6897266 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> A new line to the [[Trafford Centre tram stop|Trafford Centre]] opened in 2020.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-37645935 "Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m Tramline Approved"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129101729/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-37645935 |date=29 November 2018 }}. ''BBC News''. 13 October 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/enabling-works-begin-on-new-trafford-park-metrolink-line |title=Enabling works begin on new Trafford Park Metrolink line |access-date=20 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820163108/http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/enabling-works-begin-on-new-trafford-park-metrolink-line |archive-date=20 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Manchester city centre is also serviced by over a dozen heavy and light rail-based park and ride sites.<ref name="Park & Ride">{{cite web |url=http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/ParkandRide/Pages/default.aspx |title=TFGM Park & Ride – Stations and Stops |publisher=[[Transport for Greater Manchester]] |year=2007 |access-date=8 November 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114452/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/ParkandRide/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=22 October 2013}}</ref>