https://images.app.goo.gl/Hc8CFwZevsauzkiY7 Manchester Metrolink (branded locally simply as Metrolink) is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England.The network has 99 stops along 65 miles (105 km) of standard-gauge track,[9] making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom.[10] Metrolink is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and operated and maintained under contract by a Keolis/Amey consortium. In 2018/19, 43.7 million passenger journeys were made on the system. Because low-floor tram technology was in its infancy when Metrolink was in its planning stages, and in order to be compatible with the former British Rail stations that Metrolink inherited, the network uses high-floor trams with a platform height of 900 mm (35 in), the same height as main line trains. Trams on Metrolink operate either single units, or coupled together to form double units, which regularly run during rush hours. The metrolink uses Bombardier M5000 Flexity Swift trams. The Bombardier M5000 is a model of light rail passenger vehicle. It is part of the Bombardier Flexity Swift range of vehicles, built specifically as a high-floor, articulated bi-directional tram to operate solely on the Manchester Metrolink system in England. The Metrolink system is the only tram network in the United Kingdom capable of running vehicles in multiple and subsequently the M5000s can operate as either a single vehicle or coupled together to form a "double" unit.
