St Peter's Square tram stop

St Peter's Square
Manchester Metrolink tram stop
General information
Location	St Peter's Square, Manchester England
Coordinates	53.4782°N 2.2430°W / 53.4782; -2.2430
Grid reference	SJ839979
Line(s)	First City Crossing Second City Crossing
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	1
History
Original company	Manchester Metrolink
Key dates
27 April 1992	Opened
2015-2016	Rebuilt
Passengers
2017/18	7.010 million
2018/19	8.711 million
2019/20	7.480 million
2020/21	1.307 million
2021/22	4.930 million
Route map to Bury to Oldham & Rochdale Zone 1 Victoria Shudehill Exchange Square Market Street Piccadilly Gardens St Peter's Square Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) New Islington Cornbrook to Ashton- under-Lyne stop in both Zone 1 and 2   to MediaCityUK, Eccles & The Trafford Centre Trafford Bar to Altrincham to East Didsbury & Manchester Airport This diagram: view talk edit
Location

St Peter's Square is a tram stop in St Peter's Square in Manchester city centre, England. It opened on 27 April 1992 and is in Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system.

The stop's platforms were extended in 2009, but later redevelopment in 2015–16 demolished the original two side platforms and replaced them with a twin-island platform layout, which allows for limited cross-platform interchange. The stop is the most used on the Metrolink network.^[1]

History

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

Plans for a rapid transit station in St Peter's Square were made in the 1970s; proposals for the abandoned Picc-Vic tunnel envisaged the construction of an underground station to serve both St Peter's and the neighbouring Albert Square.^[2] The early proposals for an on-street light rail system in Manchester revived the idea of a station in the square. St. Peter's Square was one of the original city-centre stops to open when Metrolink started operations in 1992, when it consisted of two side ^[3]platforms and basic shelters. In common with most newly built Metrolink stops at the time, St. Peter's Square had two-level platforms, meaning only a short section of the platforms offered level boarding.

The stop was demolished and rebuilt with a full length platform and improved passenger facilities in November 2009. When a building called Elisabeth House, which had stood between Dickinson Street and Oxford Street since the 1970s, was demolished for redevelopment in 2011 as One St Peter's Square,^[4] architects' plans were entered in a competition, which was modified in 2011 to incorporate proposals to improve the Metrolink station. In March 2012 a shortlist of two submissions was made.^[5]

The stop closed after end of service on 25 June 2015 for 14 months to allow for a total redevelopment to incorporate trams on the new Second City Crossing.^[6] The tram stop re-opened on 28 August 2016 as a four-platform interchange, comprising two island platforms, one for inbound services and the other for outbound. This offers same-direction cross-platform interchange. The stop was moved slightly north towards Princess Street from that of its old location, which was in front of Manchester Central Library. A number of trees were planted within the structure of the platforms to improve the look and feel of the space.^[7] The Manchester Cenotaph was also relocated and the entire square has been redeveloped into a new public space. During the redevelopment works, a reduced service ran through the square on a single track^[8] from Nicholas Street to Windmill Street^[9] - but there were two 2-month long closures at the beginning and end of the project.^[10] During these full closures, no Metrolink services ran through the square. The rebuilding work uncovered the remnants of an 18th century church crypt.^[11]

v t e Deansgate-Castlefield – St Peter's Square
Mosley Street to Market Street or Piccadilly Gardens   Second City Crossing to Exchange Square Princess Street D A St Peter's Square Central Library Peter Street Oxford Street Midland Hotel Windmill Street Manchester Central Great Bridgewater Street Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Deansgate to Cornbrook

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  An artist's impression of light rail in St Peter's Square (1987)
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  T-68 Tram at the old St Peter's Square tram stop in 1992.
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  The rebuilt four platform stop, 2018

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on each route.

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Deansgate-Castlefield towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury–Shaw (peak only)		Exchange Square towards Shaw and Crompton
		East Didsbury–Rochdale		Exchange Square towards Rochdale Town Centre
Deansgate-Castlefield towards Manchester Airport		Manchester Airport–Victoria		Market Street towards Victoria
Deansgate-Castlefield towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Market Street towards Bury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Piccadilly Gardens towards Piccadilly
		Altrincham–Etihad Campus (evenings and Sundays only)		Piccadilly Gardens towards Etihad Campus
Deansgate-Castlefield towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Piccadilly Gardens towards Ashton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
Deansgate-Castlefield towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)		Piccadilly Gardens towards Etihad Campus

References

1. "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. SELNEC PTE (October 1971), SELNEC Picc-Vic Line, SELNEC PTE publicity brochure
3. International2016-09-02T11:07:00+01:00, Railway Gazette. "Manchester Metrolink opens expanded St Peter's Square stop". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
4. "Elizabeth House". Cool Manchester. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
5. One St Peter's Square; E-architect
6. "St Peter's Square Metrolink stop to reopen after a year". BBC News. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
7. "One month to go for St Peter's Square tram works". Place North West. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016.
8. "Next stop, St. Peter's Square" (PDF). 8 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
9. GM Trainspotting (26 June 2016). Metrolink Driver's Eye View - Market Street to Deansgate-Castlefield. Retrieved 18 May 2024 – via YouTube.
10. "St Peter's Square stop closure: Metrolink and shuttle bus services". Transport for Greater Manchester. TfGM. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015.
11. Helen Heath (15 February 2017). "Bishop of Manchester rededicates cross in St Peter's square". thenorthernquota.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

External links

• Tram times and station information for St Peter's Square Metrolink station from Manchester Metrolink
• St Peter's Square area map

v t e Manchester railways
City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton