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The latest phase of the expansion of Greater Manchester's Metrolink takes the tram network to Droylsden. Jonathan Ali reports

I's estimated that in 2011 the Greater Manchester Metrolink light rail system carried some 21 million passengers.
The network began operating services from Bury Interchange to Manchester on 6 April 1992.
Expansion of Metrolink has been a key strategy of transport planners in Greater Manchester, who have overseen its development in successive projects, which, upon completion of Phase 3b in 2016, will make Metrolink the largest light rail network in the United Kingdom, with 60 miles of track and more than 105 stops, handling an estimated 45 million passenger journeys a year.

The line between Manchester and Droylsden will serve eight new stops: New Islington, Holt Town, Etihad Campus, Velopark, Clayton Hall, Edge Lane, Cemetery Road and Droylsden. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Manchester's Jonathan Ali reports was able to travel the route just before it opened to the general public.

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