Piccadilly Stn 1990s 2012 Contrasts Metrolink Manchester

Metrolink T68, T68a and M5000 light rail vehicle trams plus a few buses outside Piccadilly station in the early 1990s and 2012.
The film starts with a short clip showing the route whilst it was still under construction.
Also seen are a few trains.

[@leenettywilson528]

End of a era the nineties gone loved the nineties everything has changed so so much it use to be kept simple but it is wot it is good video mate, God bless you

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

thanks, yes alas much has changed in a way that it makes feel as if we have regressed instead of progressed

[@SimonS44]

I like the Manchester Metrolink, the new M5000 trains remind me of the Cologne Stadtbahn which also has a nice network

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

+SimonHellinger There is a very good reason why the M5000 look so familiar; this is because in Cologne they have the K5000 which are basically the same trams but designed for lower height platforms. Its my understanding that when Metrolink started buying these they wanted a tram design that was proven reliable etc in other towns and cities. The last thing they would have wanted would have been new design which 4 years later has problems.

[@Xanderich]

Did anybody else notice that the T68A at the front of the double stack towards the end of the video was the same as the T68A behind the M5000 of the double stack right at the end of the video?

[@1258-Eckhart]

Could it be that the M5000's have a problem with flange-squeal?

[@nativenewlondoner]

Marcomanseckisax That sounds painful

[@virtualoriginal]

Well, none of us are gettin any younger...

[@soundseeker63]

Amazing how much the area around the front of the station has changed since the 90s...almost unrecognisable! I kinda miss the T68s, they look dated now but had character. The M5000s seem a little bland to me but efficient and spacious none the less.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

I agree - I prefer this way, as it was such a waste to have masses of derelict land in an inner city area.

[@nothisispatrick6180]

I remember traveling on them all the time on the bury line as a kid the only thing i didnt like about them was the orange interior

[@gmmtbchannel]

Ayy someone else who lives in bury

[@gmmtbchannel]

Wanna go pick up some random shit at the millgate