MANCHESTER Metrolink launched full commercial services on the East Manchester line on February 11 with the opening of the initial 6.3km section between Piccadilly and Droylsden.
LIGHT Rail services on the Manchester Metrolink network will be extended from Oldham Mumps via Derker to Shaw & Compton on December 16.
MANCHESTER is set to complete the renewal of its tram fleet by 2014 after Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) approved the acquisition of a further 20 M5000 vehicles from Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe.
THE LATEST phase of Manchester's expanding Metrolink light rail network opened on June 13 with the start of public services on the line from Victoria to a temporary station at Oldham Mumps.