25th September 2022

Branch Line Society
The Busy Bee

Manchester Metrolink Tram Used 3145

Route :

Tram Route Km
3145 Piccadilly (outbound) - Piccadilly siding 0.37
3145 Piccadilly siding - Piccadilly (inbound) - Delta South Jn - Delta West Jn - Deansgate Castlefield (centre) - Cornbrook - Trafford Bar - West Didsbury x-over 10.44
3145 West Didsbury x-over - Old Trafford Depot Gate 3 - Old Trafford Depot North Circle 5.36
3145 Old Trafford Depot North Circle - Old Trafford Depot Gate 3 - Manchester Airport non preferred platform 17.15
3145 Manchester Airport non preferred platform - Roundthorn / Martinscroft x-over 7.15
3145 Roundthorn / Martinscroft x-over - Robinswood Road x-over 3.88
3145 Robinswood Road x-over - Sale Water Park x-over 8.54
3145 Sale Water Park x-over - Roundthorn / Martinscroft x-over 4.75
3145 Roundthorn / Martinscroft x-over - Old Trafford Depot Gate 3 - Trafford Depot No 2 Road - No 10 Road - No 1 Road - Old Trafford Gate 1 - Old Trafford - Timperley siding 18.74
3145 Timperley siding - Cornbrook Pocket - Deansgate Castlefield (inbound) - Deansgate Viaduct x-over 10.85
3145 Deansgate Viaduct x-over - Deansgate Castlefield (outbound) - Cornbrook - Pomona -Village - The Trafford Centre (pref plat [R/H on arrival]) 7.89
3145 The Trafford Centre (pref-plat) - Trafford Centre x-overs (inbound line) 0.20
3145 Trafford Centre x-overs (inbound line) - cross to outbound line – The Trafford Centre (non-pref plat [L/H on arrival]) 0.20
3145 The Trafford Centre (non-pref plat) - Village - Wharfside x-over 4.85
3145 Wharfside x-over - Village (outbound) 1.46
3145 Village (outbound) - Village Through Siding (Imperial War Museum Turnback Siding) - Cornbrook - Deansgate Castlefield (centre) - St Peters Square (Plat C) 4.94
3145 St Peters Square (Plat C) - Deansgate Castlefield (centre) 0.56
3145 Deansgate Castlefield (centre) - Exchange Square (Vic-bound plat) 1.43
3145 Exchange Square (Vic-bound plat) - Deansgate Castlefield (outbound) - Cornbrook Pocket 1.67
3145 Cornbrook pocket - Deansgate Castlefield (inbound) - St Peters Square (Plat C) - Delta West Jn - Delta South Jn - Piccadilly (outbound) - Velopark (outbound) 5.87
3145 Velopark (outbound) - Velopark Turnback Siding - Piccadilly x-over - Piccadilly (outbound) 3.05
3145 Piccadilly (outbound) - Piccadilly siding 0.37
3145 Piccadilly siding - Piccadilly (inbound) - Delta South Jn - Delta West Jn - Deansgate Castlefield (centre) - Cornbrook Pocket - Cornbrook - Trafford Bar 4.79

Notes: 
(1) Greater Manchester Metrolink Charity Tour raising funds for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity and Manchester Youth Zone.
(2) Section from Piccadilly (outbound platform) at 18:09 was to be E.C.S. back to Depot, but it was arranged for the Cornbrook Pocket to be covered in full in that direction & thereby the Pocket to outbound platform crossover, (so completing all Cornbrook moves during the day), & that participants could remain on board to either Cornbrook or Trafford Bar.
(3) Distances, in Kilometers, calculated by Jim Sellens. Adjustments in the final row depending on where participants disembarked ......
Piccadilly Reversing Siding to Piccadilly inbound platform = 0.41 : Total = 120.13
Piccadilly Reversing Siding to Cornbrook = 3.58 : Total = 123.30
Piccadilly Reversing Siding to Trafford Bar = 4.79 : Total = 124.51

Sources : Alan Sheppard & Jim Sellens (both on the tour throughout)

Timings (Actual Only)
(from Alan Sheppard)

Location Actual
Piccadilly [Outbound Plat] 10.02d [B]
Piccadilly Reversing Siding 10.05½ ~ 10.08
Piccadilly [Inbound Plat] 10.10½ ~ 10.13 [A]
Piccdilly Gardens 10.16 ~ 10.17
Deansgate - Castlefield 10.23½ ~ 10.33 [Centre]
Cornbrook 10.35 ~ 10.37
St Werburgh's Road 10/44½
West Didsbury x-over 10.50 ~ 10.52½
Old Trafford Depot Gate 3 Gate 3 - 11.02
North Circle - 11.03½ ~ 11.08
Gate 3 - 11.08½ ~ 11.10
Manchester Airport 11.49a ~ 12.23d [non-pref/P5] [EoL]
Roundthorn / Martinscroft x-over 12.41 ~ 12.45
Robinswood x-over 12.56 ~ 12.58
Sale Water Park x-over 13.19½ ~ 13.22½
Roundthorn / Martinscroft x-over 13.33 ~ 13.36
St Werburgh's Road 13/53
Old Trafford Depot Gate 3 13/59
Depot Line 2 14.01 ~ 14.02
Depot Carriage Washer 14/04 [CW]
Old Trafford Depot Stabling Sdgs 14/09 [Road 10]
Depot Line 2 - Line 1 x-over 14.11 ~ 14.12
Old Trafford Depot Gate 1 14/13½
Timperley Reversing Siding 14.28 ~ 14.32½
Old Trafford Depot Gate 1 14.45½ ~ 14.46
Depot Line 1 14.47 ~ 14.57
Old Trafford Depot Gate 2 14/59
Cornbrook Pocket 15.02 ~ 15.03 [Pocket]
Deansgate - Castlefield 15.05 ~ 15.07 [Inbound]
Deansgate Viaduct x-over 15.08 ~ 15.11½
Deansgate - Castlefield 15/13 [Outbound]
Cornbrook 15/16
Village 15.26 ~ 15.26
Trafford Centre pref-plat - 15.34 ~ 15.36
EoL 15.36a ~ 15.42d
Trafford Centre xovers 15.46 ~ 15.46 [Inbound Line]
Trafford Centre 15.47½ ~ 16.09 [non-pref] [EoL]
Village 16/18
Wharfside x-over 16.23 ~ 16.26
Village 16.30 ~ 16.31 [Outbound]
16.32 ~ 16.33 [Through Sdg]
Pomona 16/38½
Cornbrook 16/41
Deansgate - Castlefield 16.44 ~ 16.49½ [Centre]
St Peters Square 16.54 ~ 16.56 [plat C]
Deansgate - Castlefield 17.00 ~ 17.05 [Centre]
St Peters Square 17.08 ~ 17.08 [plat D]
Exchange Square 17.12 ~ 17.16 [Vic-bound plat]
Cornbrook Pocket 17.25 ~ 17.27 [Pocket]
Deansgate - Castlefield 17.30 ~ 17.34½ [Inbound]
St Peters Square 17.36½ ~ 17.38½ [plat C]
Delta Jn 17.40 ~ 17.40½
Piccadilly Gardens 17/41½
Piccadilly [Outbound Plat] 17.43 ~ 17.48 [B]
Velopark 17.56 ~ 17.57½ [Outbound]
Velopark Turnback Siding 17.59½ ~ 18.01½
Piccadilly [Outbound Plat] 18.09a ~ 18.12½d [B]
Piccadilly Reversing Siding 18.15 ~ 18.17½
Piccadilly [Inbound Plat] 18/19 [A]
Piccadilly Gardens 18/23
Deansgate - Castlefield 18.30½ ~ 18.32½ [Centre]
Cornbrook Pocket 18.37 ~ 18.40 [Pocket]
Cornbrook 18.40½a ~ 18.41½d
Trafford Bar 18.43a


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