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Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop

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Metrolink
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Tram at Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop in 2015
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Deansgate-Castlefield
Deansgate-Castlefield
Location of Deansgate-Castlefield in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Castlefield
Local authority Manchester
Coordinates 53°28′29″N 2°15′01″W / 53.4747°N 2.2503°W / 53.4747; -2.2503Coordinates: 53°28′29″N 2°15′01″W / 53.4747°N 2.2503°W / 53.4747; -2.2503
Grid reference SJ834975
Platforms 3
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone D (City)
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened 27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
As terminus
15 June 1992
For through services
Former name G-Mex
Renamed 20 September 2010
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Deansgate-Castlefield is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system, on Deansgate in the Castlefield area of Manchester city centre. It opened on 27 April 1992 as G-Mex tram stop, taking its name from the adjacent G-Mex Centre, a concert, conference and exhibition venue; the G-Mex Centre was rebranded as Manchester Central in 2007, prompting the Metrolink stop to be renamed on 20 September 2010. The station underwent redevelopment in 2014–15 to add an extra platform in preparation for the completion of the Second City Crossing in 2016–17.

Deansgate-Castlefield serves as a transport hub by integrating with National Rail services from Deansgate railway station by a footbridge. Exits from the station lead to the Great Northern Warehouse, the reconstructed Mamucium Roman Fort, the Beetham Tower, and Deansgate Locks. Part of the City Zone, the stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.

Manchester Central railway station, one of the city's main railway terminals, was built between 1875–80 by the Cheshire Lines Committee railway company and served as the terminus for Midland Railway express services to London. The station was notable as an engineering feat - its huge wrought-iron single-span arched roof, spanning 210 feet (64 m), 550 feet (168 m) long and 90 feet (27 m) high is claimed to be the widest unsupported iron arch in Britain after London St. Pancras.


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