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Which town centres will be connected
S H E E T
by expanding the Metrolink system?
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Diagram A
Metrolink is the name of Greater Manchester’s Light Rapid Transit system. The
electric trams that run on the system can use existing railway lines or tracks laid
into city centre streets. The first phase of the system is between Bury and
Altrincham and has been a great success. Metrolink has lived up to the claims
made at the time that it was built to be a fast, safe, economical and efficient
transport system. It has made travel in the city centre between Piccadilly and
Victoria train stations much easier as trams leave each station every 12 minutes.
Metrolink was built to bring commuters into the city to work. It is now being
expanded with a new route to Salford Quays and Eccles. More routes to
Manchester airport and to other local town centres like Oldham and Rochdale are
planned. The Metrolink expansion programme will cost millions of pounds and
needs local council and government grants to be built.
1. What is the Metrolink system? Name four features that have made it a great
success?
2. Look at Diagram A and shade in the routes on the map using the colours in
the key. Underline the names of the towns that will be connected by the system.
3. There are some people who object to the Metrolink expansion namely:
a. People who have to move because their homes could be bulldozed to make
way for the trams
b. Green campaigners who are protesting that open space land will be lost for
ever once Metrolink has been built on it.
As a spokesperson for GMPTE write a letter to one of the groups, saying why
the Metrolink expansion is necessary.
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