Market Street Metrolink Station is a Manchester Metrolink

Manchester Metrolink

Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...

 station on Market Street, Manchester. Market Street is one of eight City-Zone Metrolink Stations.

Originally the stop in Market Street handled trams to Bury

Bury Interchange

Bury Interchange is an interchange in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The interchange was opened in 1980, incorporating a new bus station and the northern terminus of the Bury to Manchester railway line.-History:...

 only, and the one around the corner in High Street

High Street Metrolink station

High Street Metrolink stop was a former station on the Manchester Metrolink network in Manchester City Centre, England, UK. It was a platform located on the east side of High Street opposite Arndale Centre, between Shudehill and Market Street....

 handled trams from Bury only. When Market Street was closed to road traffic these stops were replaced by a new platform stop in the centre of Market Street, which handles trams in both directions. This stop opened on 10 August 1998.

Services

Market Street is served by trams on the Bury and Altrincham lines with a tram running every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, to Bury and every 12 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, to Piccadilly or Altrincham. Monday to Saturday evening and Sunday daytime journeys run every 12 minutes to Bury and to Altrincham via Piccadilly, while Sunday evening journeys run every 15 minutes.

Market Street is also located on the South Manchester Line with trams towards Victoria

Manchester Victoria station

Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is the city's second largest mainline railway station. It is also a Metrolink station, one of eight within the City Zone...

 and St Werburgh's Road running every 12 minutes Monday-Saturdays and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday early mornings and evenings.. Service will increase from 12 minutes to 6 minutes once the line to Central Park

Central Park Metrolink station

Central Park Metrolink Station is a future station on the Metrolink light rail network in the Newton Heath area of the City of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. The station was constructed in 2005 but is currently unused...

, Oldham Mumps and Rochdale

Rochdale railway station

Rochdale railway station serves the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The Manchester and Leeds Railway opened a station serving the town in the 19th century...

 opens. Services will extend from St Werburgh's Road to East Didsbury in 2013 and additional services will run between the city centre and Manchester Airport in 2016.

External links

• Tram times and station information for Market Street Metrolink station from Manchester Metrolink
  Manchester Metrolink
  Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...