Thank you. That was interesting. I was an occasional visitor to Manchester in the 2010s and saw various bits of Metrolink being brought into service. I had a spare evening one day and got the tram to Rochdale, and was puzzled by the way heavy rail tracks kept appearing and disappearing for the first couple of miles, so thank you for the explanation and diagrams. I was puzzled by the Central Park stop, which I expected to be serving a large public open space rather than an industrial estate!
@@tomburnham5119 About your last sentence, that's interesting because Central Park was actually supposed to be this huge bus/tram/train interchange, but only the tram stop is in operation right now. The canopy above the tram stop is incredible though, it was designed by the same person who has worked on things like Canary Wharf DLR station in London.
I recall walking across the bridge at 10:40 about 10 years ago....the steps seemed particularly steep....and looking across, as you did, towards what were once extensive sidings. It was at that time unlevelled ground with a forest of vegetation. I found your video fascinating and your enthusiasm was infectious. You've got another subscriber.
12:14 That looks like it would be a good place to build a new terminus (HS2/TPR), with a tunnel from the proposed underground HS2 terminus at Piccadilly a bit like Crossrail or the Picc-Vic tunnel project. They should call it "Worm Network".
Really interesting I worked for British Rail back when the overheads went in and spent many nights up there...interesting, well at least for me during the conversion we would enter the Bury line at Cheetham Hill Junction and not through the tunnel which was the more standard routing. The funny thing is I haven't travelled on Metrolink anywhere on the system yet since it opened... Although in defence I did live in the US for ten years during that period!!!
I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the Irk Valley Junction rail crash in your trip as you are pretty much right by there during your walk, obviously pre-Metrolink
The Cheetham Hill Loop used to have lots of sidings feeding into Man Vic. It always seemed random that if you caught the train to Oldham weather it would go that way or via Miles Platting but i always preferred the Cheetham Hill way as it just seemed faster back in the early 90s.
I started to watch this but the different styles of music at varying volume levels throughout is a distraction. It really does not need this if the content is of sufficient quality. Just my opinion but I see this in too many videos on CZcams. A lot of successful channels have no music because they just don’t need it. This video is informative and interesting, don’t try so hard to keep viewers attention with the unnecessary music.
So Smedley Viaduct and its junction was always there even when the Bury line was on its own? I do not remember ever seeing it (but I was quite young at the time).
With regard to speed limit, including TSR, signs, I suspect that, like London Trams, they are calibrated in km/h, not m.p.h. Else, why in a 30 m.p.h. zone?
Sky rock? anywhere it could have come from or have you missed collecting a meteor? Hmm You Tube at its best, srated off watching kittens ended up with trams....The trams do fasincate me though.... goes to look at earlier vids :)
The large space on the cheetham loop was Red Bank carriage sidings
I drove the last scheduled pasenger train around the Oldham loop.
Thank you. That was interesting. I was an occasional visitor to Manchester in the 2010s and saw various bits of Metrolink being brought into service. I had a spare evening one day and got the tram to Rochdale, and was puzzled by the way heavy rail tracks kept appearing and disappearing for the first couple of miles, so thank you for the explanation and diagrams.
I was puzzled by the Central Park stop, which I expected to be serving a large public open space rather than an industrial estate!
@@tomburnham5119 About your last sentence, that's interesting because Central Park was actually supposed to be this huge bus/tram/train interchange, but only the tram stop is in operation right now. The canopy above the tram stop is incredible though, it was designed by the same person who has worked on things like Canary Wharf DLR station in London.
My real interest is the history of Manchester’s railways. I found this video fascinating. Thank you.
PS. You now have a new subscriber.
I recall walking across the bridge at 10:40 about 10 years ago....the steps seemed particularly steep....and looking across, as you did, towards what were once extensive sidings. It was at that time unlevelled ground with a forest of vegetation. I found your video fascinating and your enthusiasm was infectious. You've got another subscriber.
12:14 That looks like it would be a good place to build a new terminus (HS2/TPR), with a tunnel from the proposed underground HS2 terminus at Piccadilly a bit like Crossrail or the Picc-Vic tunnel project. They should call it "Worm Network".
The graffiti covered bridge was known as Barneys steps/bridge, i took a few photos up there af few years back when it was still a bit wild.
Brilliant, informative, and lovely enthusiasm. Just great.
Really interesting I worked for British Rail back when the overheads went in and spent many nights up there...interesting, well at least for me during the conversion we would enter the Bury line at Cheetham Hill Junction and not through the tunnel which was the more standard routing. The funny thing is I haven't travelled on Metrolink anywhere on the system yet since it opened... Although in defence I did live in the US for ten years during that period!!!
I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the Irk Valley Junction rail crash in your trip as you are pretty much right by there during your walk, obviously pre-Metrolink
The "connecting collyhurst" text looks like a mid-2000s active travel thing - these pavement stamps were common in a few towns.
great video - and always nice to see coverage of our wonderful Metrolink. earned yourself a subscriber, lad :)
The Cheetham Hill Loop used to have lots of sidings feeding into Man Vic. It always seemed random that if you caught the train to Oldham weather it would go that way or via Miles Platting but i always preferred the Cheetham Hill way as it just seemed faster back in the early 90s.
I started to watch this but the different styles of music at varying volume levels throughout is a distraction. It really does not need this if the content is of sufficient quality. Just my opinion but I see this in too many videos on CZcams. A lot of successful channels have no music because they just don’t need it. This video is informative and interesting, don’t try so hard to keep viewers attention with the unnecessary music.
Great video, enjoyed watching thanks.
So Smedley Viaduct and its junction was always there even when the Bury line was on its own? I do not remember ever seeing it (but I was quite young at the time).
@@K-o-R Smedley Viaduct was there, yes, but there were no tracks on Smedley Viaduct at that time (when the Bury Line was opened I mean)
Brilliant video with great videology.
Glad you enjoyed it
Most of the Cheetham Hill Loop is as overgrown as the line from Withington to West Didsbury was
The remaining sections that haven't been disrupted by construction or Metrolink, yes
With regard to speed limit, including TSR, signs, I suspect that, like London Trams, they are calibrated in km/h, not m.p.h. Else, why in a 30 m.p.h. zone?
@@MacUser200606 They are in mph for the Metrolink and Sheffield Supertram
@@MacUser200606 What 30mph zone?
They have taken a lot of lines away that’s no good it looks like a mess
There’s still plenty of TSRs
Most will be getting removed soon, but probably should have clarified that the network is still recovering
good video, but the music is distracting and annoying.
Sky rock? anywhere it could have come from or have you missed collecting a meteor? Hmm You Tube at its best, srated off watching kittens ended up with trams....The trams do fasincate me though.... goes to look at earlier vids :)
@@astidog Fallen from a tree most likely, thanks for watching and being interested