Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 28, 2013
on-street tramway. Expansion of Metrolink has been a key strategy of transport planners in Greater Manchester, who have overseen its development in successive projects which, upon completion of Phase 3b in 2016, will make Metrolink the largest light rail network in the United Kingdom, with 59 miles (95 km) of track and 92 stops, handling an estimated 45 million passenger journeys a year. TfGM have endorsed further expansion with proposals for two new lines to Stockport and Port Salford, and an additional line across Manchester city centre.
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