Transcript Metrolink - Steve Burns

Metrolink
SYNAPTIC
17 June 2013
Investment in Metrolink
• £1.5 billion investment
between 2009 and 2016
• 10 extensions to the
network
• New and improved stops
• New trams
• New ticket machines
• Improved passenger
information
• Trebles the size of the
current network
• Makes Metrolink largest tram
network in UK
The current Metrolink network
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Nearly 20 million passengers
every year
Bury and Altrincham lines
opened in 1992
Eccles line opened in 2000
Media City line opened in 2010
South Manchester line to Chorlton opened
Summer 2011
Oldham and Rochdale line to Derker and Shaw
and Crompton opened in December 2012
East Manchester line to Droylsden February
2013
South Manchester line to East Didsbury May
2013
Tram Stops and stop furniture
East Manchester Line
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12 stops
Operational to
Droylsden Town
Centre
Operate to Ashtonunder-Lyne in Winter
2013/2014
Provides a frequent
service to the Etihad
Stadium, and later to
Ashton Moss
East Manchester Line
Track
East Manchester Line
Traffic Management – Audenshaw Gyratory
East Manchester Line
Ashton-under-Lyne Stop
Park and Ride
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TfGM is expanding the
Metrolink Park and Ride
facilities across the
existing and future
network
The latest Park and Ride
facility open at the East
Didsbury stop on the
East Didsbury Line,
offering 300 free spaces
to Metrolink passengers
TfGM is proposing to
upgrade the Park and
Ride facilities at Radcliffe
and Whitefield on the
Bury Line
Customer Benefits
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Direct link into the heart of the Manchester
City Centre.
Provides a higher quality, more frequent
service with better links across Manchester
Improved transport integration by providing
Metrolink stops in Oldham , Rochdale and
Ashton town Centres.
Highly accessible – Ramps, lifts, level
crossing etc
Reduced highway congestion as a result of
mode shift from private cars.
Improvement in labour market connectivity
and economic development-help create
jobs.
Ticket Machines
Passenger Service Representatives
(PSR’s)
Smart Ticketing – get me there
• Variety – existing TfGM cards, English National
Concessionary Travel card, accepts contactless bank cards
on Metrolink and smart phones in the future…future devices
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More convenient public transport system for passengers
Faster payment times – decrease journey times
Better understanding of public transport journeys
Anticipated increase in patronage
• TfGM scheme:
• Over 50 transport operators across bus, rail and tram
• Initial rollout on Metrolink in 2014
• Bus passengers in 2015
Questions?