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Etihad Campus

Blue Line and Purple Line · terminus

Tram times hereMetrolink map
2linesBlue Line and Purple Line
15 minbetween tramsdaytime, Blue Line
05:15first tramMonday to Thursday
00:49+1last tramafter midnight

Getting the tram at Etihad Campus

Etihad Campus is the end of the line for Purple Line: trams terminate here and start back the other way. It is about 13 minutes from St Peter's Square in the city centre on the Purple Line, and 2.9 km away on the ground. On the Blue Line it is stop 18 of 27. On the Purple Line it is stop 1 of 17. Counting both directions, 232 trams call on a normal weekday.

Manchester Metrolink — Etihad Campus tram stop
A tram on the Metrolink network; the photograph is not of this stop in particular. Photo: Alan Barker, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Tram times at Etihad Campus

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

Blue Linetowards Ashton-under-Lyne
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:1523:5176
Friday to Saturday05:1500:51+180
Sunday06:1523:2170
Blue Linetowards Bury
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:4100:49+180
Friday to Saturday05:4101:49+184
Sunday06:4100:21+175
Purple Linetowards Altrincham
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:4500:30+176
Friday to Saturday05:4501:30+180
Sunday06:4500:15+171

Published timetable, not live running — why.

How long it takes from Etihad Campus

To the places people actually go, from this platform.

ToRiding timeChangesLine
the city centre
St Peter's Square
13 mindirectPurple Line
Piccadilly station
Piccadilly
7 mindirectBlue Line
Victoria station
Victoria
17 mindirectBlue Line
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
73 min1 changePurple Line Navy Line
MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK
40 min1 changePurple Line Yellow Line
The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre
43 min1 changePurple 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 Etihad Campus

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

Monday to Thursday · Ashton-under-Lyne
0515 30 45
0600 15 30 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
Monday to Thursday · Bury
0541 56
0611 26 41 56
0711 26 41 56
0811 26 41 56
0911 26 41 56
1011 26 41 56
1111 26 41 56
1211 26 41 56
1311 26 41 56
1411 26 41 56
1511 26 41 56
1611 26 41 56
1711 26 41 56
1811 26 41 56
1911 26 41 56
2011 26 41 56
2111 26 41 56
2211 26 41 56
2311 26 41 49
2404 19 21 34 36 49
Monday to Thursday · Altrincham
0545
0600 15 30 45
0700 15 30 45
0800 15 30 45
0900 15 30 45
1000 15 30 45
1100 15 30 45
1200 15 30 45
1300 15 30 45
1400 15 30 45
1500 15 30 45
1600 15 30 45
1700 15 30 45
1800 15 30 45
1900 15 30 45
2000 15 30 45
2100 15 30 45
2200 15 30 45
2300 15 30 45
2400 15 30

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 Holt Town (1 min), on to Velopark (2 min)
Blue Line · towards Buryfrom Velopark (2 min), on to Holt Town (2 min)
Purple Line · towards Altrinchamon to Holt Town (2 min)
Purple Line · towards Etihad Campusfrom Holt Town (1 min)

Questions about Etihad Campus

the Blue Line and the Purple Line.

Yes, for Purple Line. Trams terminate here, wait and set off again, so you can always get a seat in the other direction.

05:15, Monday to Thursday. Saturday and Sunday both start later; the table above has each day.

The last one leaves at 00:49, 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 13 minutes to St Peter's Square on the Purple Line, and the journey planner will do any other pair of stops.

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