| rdfs:comment | - The tram system is currently undergoing major expansion with 4 new lines under construction by 2016, and further potential extensions to Stockport and the Trafford Centre envisaged, with a Manchester City Centre "crossing" line planned to ease congestion. Work on the new lines started in late 2008 which will extend the system to East Didsbury, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Rochdale, MediaCityUK and Manchester Airport.
- Metrolink is operated under a management contract by Stagecoach Group, on behalf of the system’s owner, the GMPTE. The Metrolink network is approximately miles ( km) long, with 37 stops along the route. Because much of the Metrolink route was formerly main-line railway with platforms about 900 mm above ground level, the new stops in the city centre also have 900 mm-high platforms.
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| abstract | - The tram system is currently undergoing major expansion with 4 new lines under construction by 2016, and further potential extensions to Stockport and the Trafford Centre envisaged, with a Manchester City Centre "crossing" line planned to ease congestion. Work on the new lines started in late 2008 which will extend the system to East Didsbury, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Rochdale, MediaCityUK and Manchester Airport. The extension will increase the system's length from with at least 99 stops and on completion, Greater Manchester will have the largest tram network in the United Kingdom with a daily ridership of approximately 190,000.
- Metrolink is operated under a management contract by Stagecoach Group, on behalf of the system’s owner, the GMPTE. The Metrolink network is approximately miles ( km) long, with 37 stops along the route. Because much of the Metrolink route was formerly main-line railway with platforms about 900 mm above ground level, the new stops in the city centre also have 900 mm-high platforms. Many more extensions to the Metrolink system are planned providing funding can be found. The ambitious "Big Bang", now named Phase 3 would take services to Oldham and Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stockport, Manchester Airport and to the Trafford Centre.
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