{"id":58445,"date":"2025-05-12T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58445"},"modified":"2025-05-10T17:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T16:42:06","slug":"older-and-new-manchester-metrolink-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58445","title":{"rendered":"Old(er) and New \u2013 Manchester Metrolink: Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this edition of \u201cOld(er) and New\u201d we head out of the city centre and find ourselves at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58446\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a.10241017-gp.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58446\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a.10241017-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a.10241017-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a.10241017-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a.10241017-gp.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image features a double T68 with 1024 leading 1017 with a service from Altrincham to Bury, which will call at Woodlands Road as the digital destination display kindly confirms for us. Both of these trams have are now scrapped, although 1024 didn\u2019t go straight to that fare with it initially stored for UKTram at Long Marston. They are just calling at Old Trafford which is another stop which includes staggered platforms which this showing the citybound one. The stand beyond the platform is at the cricket ground.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_58447\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b.30303034-gp.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58447\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b.30303034-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b.30303034-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b.30303034-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b.30303034-gp.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Things haven\u2019t changed a huge amount by 17th March 2025 for the stop as we see a double M5000 calling. 3034+3030 will run into Piccadilly rather than the Bury service we saw last time but apart from that it\u2019s the same capacity for the working for those wanting to go about their daily business. The stand at the cricket ground remains in place, although there has been other development at the ground in the intervening 13 years. 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