This is an older type Metrolink tram passing the Manchester Art Gallery, former City Art Gallery on Lower Mosley Street. I tis making its way towards St Peters Square and Altrincham.

It's interesting how quickly we forget facts and dates from the recent past. How many people can remember when the line to Eccles opened. And how many can name the year when Metrolink opened? This is one of the second batch of trams, with the larger fender at the front, supplied around 2000, at the time of the opening of the line to Eccles. Metrolink was opened by HM The Queen.

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Keywords: Manchester, Metrolink, public transport