Greater Manchester Metro Limited

Greater Manchester Metro Limited

Company type	Consortium
Industry	Public transport - light rail
Founded	1989
Defunct	1997
Fate	Contract terminated
Successor	Serco
Headquarters	Manchester , England
Area served	Greater Manchester
Services	Design, build and operations
Owner	Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing Civil Engineering, 3i

Greater Manchester Metro Limited^[1] (GMML) was a private company formed by the GMA consortium (GEC Alsthom, John Mowlem and AMEC) in 1989 to design, build and operate the Metrolink light rail system in Greater Manchester, England.^[2] Construction of the Metrolink system began in March 1990.

The contract was awarded for 15 years subject to early termination should the network be extended.^[3] In 1997 contracts for extension was let to Altram (Manchester), a consortium of Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing Civil Engineering and 3i.^[4] Serco Metrolink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco Limited, took over the operations and maintenance of the system on 26 May 1997. In March 2003, Serco bought out its partners and Altram (Manchester) Limited^[5] became a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco.^[4]

In July 2007 the contract to operate Metrolink was awarded to Stagecoach.^[6]^[7] Unlike Serco, Stagecoach did not own the concession, merely operated it on a fixed-term management contract. Stagecoach later sold the contract to the RATP Group.^[8]

References

^ Companies House extract company no 2453087 Greater Manchester Metro Limited
^ "A Network for the Twenty-First Century" (PDF). GMPTE. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "Funding Metrolink in Manchester". Light Rail Transit Association. December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Past, Present and Future" (PDF). Metrolink. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
^ Companies House extract company no 3261281 Altram (Manchester) Limited
^ "Stagecoach signs Manchester Metrolink contract". Press release. Stagecoach Group. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
^ "Stagecoach take over tram service". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
^ RATP buys Manchester Metrolink operator Railway Gazette International 2 August 2011

Manchester Metrolink

Tram stops

Zone 1	Cornbrook Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Exchange Square Market Street New Islington Piccadilly Piccadilly Gardens Shudehill St Peter's Square
Airport Line (2014)	Baguley Barlow Moor Road Benchill Crossacres Manchester Airport Martinscroft Moor Road Northern Moor Peel Hall Robinswood Road Roundthorn Sale Water Park Shadowmoss Wythenshawe Town Centre Wythenshawe Park
Altrincham Line (1992)	Altrincham Brooklands Cornbrook Dane Road Navigation Road Old Trafford Sale Stretford Timperley Trafford Bar
Bury Line (1992)	Abraham Moss Besses o' th' Barn Bowker Vale Bury ( Bolton Street) Crumpsall Heaton Park ( Heaton Park Tramway) Prestwich Queens Road Radcliffe Victoria Whitefield
East Manchester Line (2013)	Ashton Moss Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Audenshaw Cemetery Road Clayton Hall Droylsden Edge Lane Etihad Campus Holt Town New Islington Velopark
Eccles Line (1999-00)	Anchorage Broadway Eccles Exchange Quay Harbour City Ladywell Langworthy MediaCityUK Pomona Salford Quays Weaste
First City Crossing (1992)	Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Market Street Shudehill St Peter's Square
Oldham & Rochdale Line (2012-14)	Central Park Derker Failsworth Freehold Hollinwood Kingsway Business Park Milnrow Monsall Newbold Newhey Newton Heath and Moston Oldham Central Oldham King Street Oldham Mumps Rochdale Railway Station Rochdale Town Centre Shaw and Crompton South Chadderton Westwood
Piccadilly Spur (1992)	Piccadilly Piccadilly Gardens
Second City Crossing (2015-17)	Exchange Square
South Manchester Line (2011-13)	Burton Road Chorlton Didsbury Village East Didsbury Firswood St Werburgh's Road West Didsbury Withington
Trafford Park Line (2020)	Barton Dock Road Imperial War Museum Parkway The Trafford Centre Village Wharfside

Operations

Operators	Amey Keolis Transport for Greater Manchester
Vehicles	Current: M5000 Former: (T-68 T-68A)

History
(Timeline)

Former operators	GMML Altram (Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing, 3i) RATP Group Stagecoach Group
Transferred lines	Altrincham Line Bury Line Oldham Loop Line
Closed stops	High Street Mosley Street Woodlands Road
Abandoned plans	Drake Street Glossop line Hardy Farm Haveley Hope Valley line Hough End Oldham Werneth Picc-Vic tunnel Woodhouse Park

Proposed
developments

Bury Line	Elton Reservoir Sandhills
Oldham & Rochdale Line	Cop Road
Stockport Line	Gorsey Bank Heaton Mersey Kings Reach Stockport Interchange
Trafford Park Line	Port Salford Salford Reds Trafford Quays
Wythenshawe Loop	Davenport Green Manchester Airport High Speed (HS2) Newall Green Terminal 2 Wythenshawe Hospital

Transport in Greater Manchester

Air

Map of England showing Greater Manchester

Bus

Operators	Arriva North West Bluebird Bullocks Diamond North West Finglands Coachways First Greater Manchester GM Buses Go North West Jim Stones Coaches JPT Magic Bus Manchester Community Transport Mayne Coaches Maytree Travel Rosso Stagecoach Manchester UK North Warrington's Own Buses
Routes	17 42 43 58 184 192 free bus route 1 free bus route 2 free bus route 3 V1 V2 V4

Stations	List of open railway stations List of closed railway stations
Lines	Buxton Calder Valley Crewe–Manchester Glossop Hope Valley Liverpool–Manchester Manchester–Preston Manchester–Southport Stafford–Manchester Stockport–Stalybridge Styal
Operators	British Rail (1948–1997) Regional Railways (1982–1996) Network NorthWest (1989–c.1992) First North Western (1997–2004) Northern Rail (2004–2016) Arriva Rail North (2016–2020) Northern Trains (2020-)