This 3.9 mile (6.3km) extension to Droylsden will provide links to Manchester Piccadilly, the City of Manchester Stadium and the Velodrome. It will run from the existing Manchester Piccadilly stop through East Manchester to Tameside.
Click here to view the East Manchester Line - Piccadilly to Clayton.
Click here to view the East Manchester Line - Clayton to Droylsden.
Eight new stops will be built at Pollard Street, Holt Town, Sport City serving the City of Manchester Stadium,
New East Manchester serving the Velodrome, Clayton, Edge Lane, Cemetery Rd and Droylsden.
Please note that stop names are subject to confirmation.
Construction work on the East Manchester line to Droylsden is due to start in early 2009 with the line opening in spring 2012.
Key activities along the East Manchester Line are:
Throughout 2009 |
Utility diversions will take place along the East Manchester Line route |
Spring 2009 / 2010 |
Underpass construction work starts |
Spring 2009 |
Setting up the main compound and site offices |
Summer 2008 to Spring 2009 |
Surveys and investigations including ecological surveys, tree surveys, traffic surveys, road condition and utilities surveys, photographic and topographical surveys, ground investigations and noise surveys |
