Piccadilly Gardens
Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in February 2018
General information
Location	Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester England
Coordinates	53°28′49″N2°14′13″W / 53.4803°N 2.2370°W /53.4803; -2.2370
Grid reference	SJ843982
System	Metrolink station
Line	Piccadilly spur
Platforms	2 (island)
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	27 April 1992
Original company	Metrolink
Route map Legend Bury Line Oldham and Rochdale Line Victoria Shudehill Exchange Square Market Street Piccadilly Gardens St Peter's Square Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield East Manchester Line Altrincham Line This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Piccadilly Gardens is atram stop inZone 1 ofGreater Manchester'sMetrolink light rail system. It is located besidePiccadilly Gardens inManchester city centre, and serves as atransport hub (integrated with the adjacentManchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station) andinterchange station (which can be used to change between Metrolink lines).^[1]

Piccadilly Gardens tram stop opened on 27 April 1992, as part of Metrolink's Phase 1. The station was rebuilt during 2009 with a wider platform and a new canopy, reopening on 2 November 2009. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.^[2]

In 1931, a newbus station was opened on Parker Street on the former site of theManchester Royal Infirmary, providing a central transport interchange for bus passengers.^[3] In 1945, adjacent site was landscaped as an ornamental sunken garden and namedPiccadilly Gardens.^[4]

In 1991, construction work began on a newlight rail transport network,Manchester Metrolink. New tram lines were laid along the southern and western sides of Piccadilly Gardens, and a new tram stop constructed alongside the bus station, providing aninter-modal exchange between tram and bus.^[5]

Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Market Street towardsBury		Bury–Piccadilly		Piccadilly Terminus
St Peter's Square towardsAltrincham		Altrincham–Piccadilly
		Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only)		Piccadilly towardsEtihad Campus
St Peter's Square towardsMediaCityUK		MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)
St Peter's Square towardsEccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Piccadilly towardsAshton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)

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  Piccadilly Gardens bus station in 1976
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  The future site of Piccadilly Gardens tram stop, photographed in 1989
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  Construction of the Manchester Metrolink lines at Piccadilly Gardens in 1991
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  Construction of Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink platforms in 1991
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  Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in December 2013.
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  An older T-68 tram at Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in 2005.
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  Inter-modal exchange at the bus station
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  Map of Manchester City Centre Metrolink stops
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  A M5000 twin unit at Piccadilly Gardens tram stop in December 2024

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