High Street tram stop

High Street was a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink network, located in Manchester city centre, England. It was on the east side of High Street opposite Manchester Arndale, between the present Shudehill tram stop and Market Street tram stop.

For other uses, see High Street station.

High Street
Metrolink station
High Street tram stop in 1993, visible on the left
General information
LocationManchester city centre, Manchester
England
Coordinates53.48250°N 2.23944°W / 53.48250; -2.23944
Grid referenceSJ842984
Line(s)City Centre
Platforms1
Other information
StatusClosed
Fare zoneD (City)
History
Opened27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
Southbound only
Closed10 August 1998 (1998-08-10)
Original companyMetrolink
Location

The stop opened on 27 April 1992.[1] Market Street (which opened the same day,[2] and was just around the corner) and High Street Metrolink stops effectively formed a single station staggered across a road junction, with different stop names for each platform: southbound vehicles (going towards Piccadilly Gardens and St Peter's Square) stopped at the High Street stop, and northbound vehicles (going towards Victoria) stopped at Market Street. [notes 1] High Street, Market Street and Mosley Street tram stops were each originally built with a single-platform construction and one-way operation due to constraints on available space in the road layout.[3]

Market Street was modified to handle traffic in both directions when the street was closed to traffic, and the High Street platform was demolished in 1998 after six years' service.

Map of the original layout of Market Street (northbound) and High Street (southbound) tram stops in 1992

Notes
  1. Shudehill tram stop did not open until 2003, and so the next stop for northbound trams after High Street was Manchester Victoria station

References
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  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 155
  3. Ogden, Eric; Senior, John A. (1992). Metrolink. Transport Publishing. pp. 61, 89. ISBN 978-0863171550.
Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
Former services
Mosley Street
towards Altrincham
 Altrincham–Bury Victoria
One-way operation
Piccadilly Gardens
towards Piccadilly
 Bury–Piccadilly


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