Which British city is served by the Metrolink Tram Service
Manchester Metrolink City Zone City scheme was introduced in 2005 by GMPTE, now Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). National visitors from outside Greater Manchester with MANCHESTER STNS as the destination are not permitted free use of Metrolink, as it is a locally funded transport service by TfGM, and receives no national government subsidy. Historically there were extensive tram lines in Manchester city centre as part of the first generation tram system; however, these were all abandoned by 1949. The current Metrolink system started operation in 1992. The first Metrolink routes through the city-centre were designed to link Victoria and Piccadilly stations, as well as
Manchester Metrolink and were withdrawn from service during 2012–14. Because low-floor tram technology was in its infancy when Metrolink was in its planning stages, and in order to be compatible with the former British Rail stations Metrolink inherited, the network uses high-floor trams with a platform height of , the same height as main line trains. Trams on Metrolink can operate either singly, or coupled together to form double units. Double units regularly run during rush hours. In December 2009, Metrolink took delivery of the first M5000 tram. Built by Bombardier Transportation and Vossloh Kiepe, the initial eight M5000s were ordered to