Metrolink - Back on Track

On Thursday 6 July 2006 Transport Secretary, Douglas Alexander, announced a multi-million pound funding package which will see the Metrolink network double in size.

Nearly £650 million will now be invested in Metrolink over the next few years following last year's approval of a £102 million package of improvements to the existing system.

Phase 3 is being implemented in two stages. The first phase (Phase 3a) will extend the Metrolink network to:

• Oldham and Rochdale using the existing rail lines;
• Droylsden town centre on the Ashton-under-Lyne line; and
• St Werburgh's in Chorlton on the Manchester Airport line.

A bid to improve public transport across Greater Manchester will be submitted to the government's Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) next year and this will include plans to build the rest of Phase 3 (Phase 3b) serving:

• Oldham and Rochdale town centres;
• the full route to Ashton-under-Lyne; and
• Manchester Airport/East Didsbury.

In association with Balfour Beatty Rail we have produced a video representation of how the Metrolink might look in Oldham.

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