End of the line for station canopies? That’s the headline in the Altrincham Messenger about the redevelopment plans for Altrincham Interchange. To read the article complete with a picture of our very own Andrew Macfarlane, click here. What do you think?
We hear Metrolink will start running their new trams next week. Apparently they now have seven – numbers 3001 to 3007. If you get a good picture of one, email it to me – john.oates@mcrua.org.uk – we’ll put the best ones up on the Blog. ***************************************************************** As you can see, I’ve added pictures sent in [...]
I hear today from Andrew that a 3000 series new tram ventured onto the Altrincham line. I understand that up until now they have only been test running between the depot at Queen’s Road and Bury. Here’s a picture I took on my phone of 3001 progressing down Mosley Street late lunchtime. It may be [...]
Metrolink came back to Manchester City Centre yesterday after the first major rebuild of the most heavily used part of the system since it opened in the early 1990s. Our trains have seen many more using them from Altrincham to Piccadilly whilst the central section of Metrolink has been closed. It will be interesting to [...]
An article on Tram/Train appeared in our Summer 2009 “Rail Report”. In brief “tram/train” is a concept where the “trains” involved can run on both conventional (heavy rail) railway lines as well as on tramway systems with their lighter rail and tighter curves. The best example of this is Karlsruhe in Germany, where this has [...]
Our Chairman writes: During August the Metrolink Service out of Altrincham is closed for essential upgrades and work to connect up to MediaCityUK and Chorlton. Northern Rail are doing their best to accomodate the increase in passengers on the Mid Cheshire Line to Chester. Let us know how this is affecting you?
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