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Piccadilly Gardens

Blue Line, Purple Line and Yellow Line · 3 lines call here

Tram times hereMetrolink map
3linesBlue Line, Purple Line and Yellow Line
7 minbetween tramsdaytime, Yellow Line
05:06first tramMonday to Thursday
00:59+1last tramafter midnight

Getting the tram at Piccadilly Gardens

Piccadilly Gardens is one of the busier stops on the network — 3 of the seven lines call here, which is why there is a tram every few minutes rather than every quarter of an hour. It is about 3 minutes from St Peter's Square in the city centre on the Purple Line, and 0.5 km away on the ground. On the Blue Line it is stop 14 of 27. On the Purple Line it is stop 5 of 17. Counting both directions, 570 trams call on a normal weekday.

Manchester Metrolink — Piccadilly Gardens tram stop
A tram on the Metrolink network; the photograph is not of this stop in particular. Photo: Steve Knight, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Tram times at Piccadilly Gardens

First and last tram in each direction, by day of the week.

Blue Linetowards Ashton-under-Lyne
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:0600:12+180
Friday to Saturday05:0601:12+184
Sunday06:0623:5775
Blue Linetowards Bury
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:5100:59+180
Friday to Saturday05:5101:59+184
Sunday06:5100:31+175
Purple Linetowards Altrincham
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:5500:40+176
Friday to Saturday05:5501:40+180
Sunday06:5500:25+172
Purple Linetowards Etihad Campus
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:2300:08+176
Friday to Saturday05:2301:08+180
Sunday06:2300:08+172
Yellow Linetowards Eccles
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:5300:23+1129
Friday05:5301:23+1133
Saturday05:5201:22+1119
Sunday06:5300:17+171
Yellow Linetowards Piccadilly
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:2923:59129
Friday05:2900:59+1133
Saturday05:2900:59+1119
Sunday06:2923:5971

Published timetable, not live running — why.

How long it takes from Piccadilly Gardens

To the places people actually go, from this platform.

ToRiding timeChangesLine
the city centre
St Peter's Square
3 mindirectPurple Line
Piccadilly station
Piccadilly
3 mindirectBlue Line
Victoria station
Victoria
7 mindirectBlue Line
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
63 min1 changePurple Line Navy Line
MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK
24 mindirectYellow Line
The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre
33 min1 changeYellow Line Red Line

Riding time from the operator’s timetable, with 6 minutes allowed for each change. Waiting for the first tram is not included. Any other pair of stops: the journey planner.

Every departure from Piccadilly Gardens

The full list, hour by hour, straight from the registered timetable.

Monday to Thursday · Ashton-under-Lyne
0506 16 21 31 36 51
0606 21 27 42 57
0712 27 42 57
0812 27 42 57
0912 27 42 57
1012 27 42 57
1112 27 42 57
1212 27 42 57
1312 27 42 57
1412 27 42 57
1512 27 42 57
1612 27 42 57
1712 27 42 57
1812 27 42 57
1912 27 42 57
2012 27 42 57
2112 27 42 57
2212 27 42 57
2312 27 42 57
2412
Monday to Thursday · Bury
0551
0606 21 36 51
0706 21 36 51
0806 21 36 51
0906 21 36 51
1006 21 36 51
1106 21 36 51
1206 21 36 51
1306 21 36 51
1406 21 36 51
1506 21 36 51
1606 21 36 51
1706 21 36 51
1806 21 36 51
1906 21 36 51
2006 21 36 51
2106 21 36 51
2206 21 36 51
2306 21 36 51 59
2414 29 31 44 46 59
Monday to Thursday · Altrincham
0555
0610 25 40 55
0710 25 40 55
0810 25 40 55
0910 25 40 55
1010 25 40 55
1110 25 40 55
1210 25 40 55
1310 25 40 55
1410 25 40 55
1510 25 40 55
1610 25 40 55
1710 25 40 55
1810 25 40 55
1910 25 40 55
2010 25 40 55
2110 25 40 55
2210 25 40 55
2310 25 40 55
2410 25 40
Monday to Thursday · Etihad Campus
0523 38 53
0608 23 38 53
0708 23 38 53
0808 23 38 53
0908 23 38 53
1008 23 38 53
1108 23 38 53
1208 23 38 53
1308 23 38 53
1408 23 38 53
1508 23 38 53
1608 23 38 53
1708 23 38 53
1808 23 38 53
1908 23 38 53
2008 23 38 53
2108 23 38 53
2208 23 38 53
2308 23 38 53
2408
Monday to Thursday · Eccles
0553
0608 23 38 53
0700 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
0800 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
0900 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1000 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1100 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1200 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1300 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1400 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1500 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1600 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1700 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1800 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
1900 08 15 23 30 38 45 53
2000 08 15 23 38 53
2108 23 38 53
2208 23 38 53
2308 23 38 53
2408 23
Monday to Thursday · Piccadilly
0529 44 59
0614 29 44 51 59
0706 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
0806 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
0906 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1006 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1106 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1206 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1306 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1406 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1506 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1606 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1706 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1806 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
1906 13 21 28 36 43 51 58
2006 21 36 43 59
2114 29 44 59
2214 29 44 59
2314 29 44 59

Monday to Thursday, in the service day the operator uses: a tram shown as 24:12 leaves at 00:12 and belongs to the previous day. Friday, Saturday and Sunday first and last trams are in the table above.

Next and previous stops

Blue Line · towards Ashton-under-Lynefrom Market Street (2 min), on to Piccadilly (3 min)
Blue Line · towards Buryfrom Piccadilly (3 min), on to Market Street (2 min)
Purple Line · towards Altrinchamfrom Piccadilly (3 min), on to St Peter's Square (3 min)
Purple Line · towards Etihad Campusfrom St Peter's Square (3 min), on to Piccadilly (3 min)
Yellow Line · towards Ecclesfrom Piccadilly (3 min), on to St Peter's Square (3 min)
Yellow Line · towards Piccadillyfrom St Peter's Square (3 min), on to Piccadilly (3 min)

Questions about Piccadilly Gardens

Yes. 3 lines call here — Blue Line, Purple Line and Yellow Line — and on Metrolink you change on the platform, so there is no walk between stations.

05:06, Monday to Thursday. Saturday and Sunday both start later; the table above has each day.

The last one leaves at 00:59, after midnight — it still counts as the previous day’s service, which is why timetables write it as a time past 24:00. Friday and Saturday run later still.

About 3 minutes to St Peter's Square on the Purple Line, and the journey planner will do any other pair of stops.

570 trams a weekday in the two directions together, which works out at one every few minutes through the day rather than the 15-minute gap of a single-line stop.

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