St Peter's Square tram stop

Route map
	Legend
	Piccadilly
	Gardens
	Deansgate-Castlefield
	( Deansgate)
	Ashton-
	under-Lyne
	stop in both Zone 1 and 2
	MediaCityUK, Eccles
	& The Trafford Centre
	East Didsbury
	& Manchester Airport
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St Peter's Square
St Peter's Square
Manchester Metrolink tram stop
General information
Location	St Peter's Square, Manchester; England
Coordinates	53°28′42″N 2°14′35″W / 53.4782°N 2.2430°W
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
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Piccadilly
	Gardens
	Deansgate-Castlefield
	( Deansgate)
	Ashton-
	under-Lyne
	stop in both Zone 1 and 2
	MediaCityUK, Eccles
	& The Trafford Centre
	East Didsbury
	& Manchester Airport
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
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[edit]

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]

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