{"id":354735,"date":"2025-08-18T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354735\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:00:22","slug":"work-to-start-on-six-new-metrolink-lines-covering-every-corner-of-greater-manchester-and-even-cheshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354735\/","title":{"rendered":"Work to start on SIX new Metrolink lines covering every corner of Greater Manchester – and even Cheshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

But the projects will take a decade to come to fruition if everything goes to plan(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Work is starting on SIX new tram lines across Greater Manchester and out to mid-Cheshire just months after the government<\/a> approved Metrolink<\/a> extensions.<\/p>\n

The Chancellor confirmed the extensions to Stockport<\/a> and Heywood<\/a> in June, alongside new tram stops at Sandhills in north Manchester, Elton Reservoir in Bury<\/a>, and Cop Road in Oldham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it appears Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is not resting on its laurels, as a Bee Network committee report identified 15 \u2018candidates for new lines and extensions\u2019. Staff are set to start preparatory work on six new lines in the next year, it added.<\/p>\n

To see planning applications; traffic and road diversions and layout changes; and more, visit the Public Notices Portal HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNew lines and extensions are major projects,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the need for such schemes to develop strong business cases, identify and secure funding, undertake extensive community engagement and a full public consultation \u2013 and then complete detailed design and procure and mobilise contractors for construction, testing and commissioning \u2013 the timescale to the opening of any new line or extension is on the order of a decade (i.e. the opening date from now would be in the mid-2030s).\u201d<\/p>\n

(Image: TfGM)<\/p>\n

TfGM will start work on a \u2018formal strategic outline case\u2019 for three new lines in autumn of 2025, all connected to Manchester Airport<\/a>:<\/p>\n