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New Islington

Blue Line and Purple Line · 2 lines call here

Tram times hereMetrolink map
2linesBlue Line and Purple Line
15 minbetween tramsdaytime, Blue Line
05:12first tramMonday to Thursday
00:53+1last tramafter midnight

Getting the tram at New Islington

New Islington is served by two lines, Blue Line and Purple Line, so you get roughly twice the service of a single-line stop. It is about 9 minutes from St Peter's Square in the city centre on the Purple Line, and 1.6 km away on the ground. On the Blue Line it is stop 16 of 27. On the Purple Line it is stop 3 of 17. Counting both directions, 312 trams call on a normal weekday.

Manchester Metrolink — New Islington 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 New Islington

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

Blue Linetowards Ashton-under-Lyne
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:1200:18+180
Friday to Saturday05:1201:18+184
Sunday06:1200:03+175
Blue Linetowards Bury
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:4500:53+180
Friday to Saturday05:4501:53+184
Sunday06:4500:25+175
Purple Linetowards Altrincham
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:4900:34+176
Friday to Saturday05:4901:34+180
Sunday06:4900:19+171
Purple Linetowards Etihad Campus
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:2900:14+176
Friday to Saturday05:2901:14+180
Sunday06:2923:5971

Published timetable, not live running — why.

How long it takes from New Islington

To the places people actually go, from this platform.

ToRiding timeChangesLine
the city centre
St Peter's Square
9 mindirectPurple Line
Piccadilly station
Piccadilly
3 mindirectBlue Line
Victoria station
Victoria
13 mindirectBlue Line
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
69 min1 changePurple Line Navy Line
MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK
36 min1 changePurple Line Yellow Line
The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre
39 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 New Islington

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

Monday to Thursday · Ashton-under-Lyne
0512 22 27 37 42 57
0612 27 33 48
0703 18 33 48
0803 18 33 48
0903 18 33 48
1003 18 33 48
1103 18 33 48
1203 18 33 48
1303 18 33 48
1403 18 33 48
1503 18 33 48
1603 18 33 48
1703 18 33 48
1803 18 33 48
1903 18 33 48
2003 18 33 48
2103 18 33 48
2203 18 33 48
2303 18 33 48
2403 18
Monday to Thursday · Bury
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 53
2408 23 25 38 40 53
Monday to Thursday · Altrincham
0549
0604 19 34 49
0704 19 34 49
0804 19 34 49
0904 19 34 49
1004 19 34 49
1104 19 34 49
1204 19 34 49
1304 19 34 49
1404 19 34 49
1504 19 34 49
1604 19 34 49
1704 19 34 49
1804 19 34 49
1904 19 34 49
2004 19 34 49
2104 19 34 49
2204 19 34 49
2304 19 34 49
2404 19 34
Monday to Thursday · Etihad Campus
0529 44 59
0614 29 44 59
0714 29 44 59
0814 29 44 59
0914 29 44 59
1014 29 44 59
1114 29 44 59
1214 29 44 59
1314 29 44 59
1414 29 44 59
1514 29 44 59
1614 29 44 59
1714 29 44 59
1814 29 44 59
1914 29 44 59
2014 29 44 59
2114 29 44 59
2214 29 44 59
2314 29 44 59
2414

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 Piccadilly (3 min), on to Holt Town (2 min)
Blue Line · towards Buryfrom Holt Town (2 min), on to Piccadilly (3 min)
Purple Line · towards Altrinchamfrom Holt Town (2 min), on to Piccadilly (3 min)
Purple Line · towards Etihad Campusfrom Piccadilly (3 min), on to Holt Town (2 min)

Questions about New Islington

the Blue Line and the Purple Line.

05:12, Monday to Thursday. Saturday and Sunday both start later; the table above has each day.

The last one leaves at 00:53, 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 9 minutes to St Peter's Square on the Purple Line, and the journey planner will do any other pair of stops.

312 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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