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Exchange Square

Pink Line and Red Line · 2 lines call here

Tram times hereMetrolink map
2linesPink Line and Red Line
7 minbetween tramsdaytime, Pink Line
05:30first tramMonday to Thursday
00:36+1last tramafter midnight

Getting the tram at Exchange Square

Exchange Square is served by two lines, Pink Line and Red Line, so you get roughly twice the service of a single-line stop. It is about 3 minutes from St Peter's Square in the city centre on the Pink Line, and 0.7 km away on the ground. On the Pink Line it is stop 21 of 33. On the Red Line it is stop 11 of 15. Counting both directions, 410 trams call on a normal weekday.

Manchester Metrolink — Exchange Square tram stop
A tram on the Metrolink network; the photograph is not of this stop in particular. Photo: Ridiculopathy, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Tram times at Exchange Square

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

Pink Linetowards East Didsbury
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:5100:36+1130
Friday05:5101:06+1132
Saturday05:5101:06+1118
Sunday06:5100:28+172
Pink Linetowards Rochdale Town Centre
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:3600:21+1130
Friday05:3400:51+1132
Saturday05:3600:51+1118
Sunday06:3600:21+172
Red Linetowards Crumpsall
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:3000:00+175
Friday to Saturday05:3001:00+179
Sunday06:3023:4570
Red Linetowards The Trafford Centre
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday06:0500:35+175
Friday to Saturday06:0501:35+179
Sunday07:0500:20+170

Published timetable, not live running — why.

How long it takes from Exchange Square

To the places people actually go, from this platform.

ToRiding timeChangesLine
the city centre
St Peter's Square
4 mindirectPink Line
Piccadilly station
Piccadilly
16 min1 changePink Line Purple Line
Victoria station
Victoria
2 mindirectPink Line
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
64 min1 changePink Line Navy Line
MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK
31 min1 changeRed Line Yellow Line
The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre
28 mindirectRed 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 Exchange Square

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

Monday to Thursday · East Didsbury
0551
0606 21 36 51
0706 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 13 21 28 36 43 51
2106 21 36 51
2206 21 36 51
2306 21 36 51
2406 21 36
Monday to Thursday · Rochdale Town Centre
0536 51
0606 21 36 43 51 58
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 51
2106 21 36 51
2206 21 36 51
2306 21 36 51
2406 21
Monday to Thursday · Crumpsall
0530 45
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
Monday to Thursday · The Trafford Centre
0605 20 35 50
0705 20 35 50
0805 20 35 50
0905 20 35 50
1005 20 35 50
1105 20 35 50
1205 20 35 50
1305 20 35 50
1405 20 35 50
1505 20 35 50
1605 20 35 50
1705 20 35 50
1805 20 35 50
1905 20 35 50
2005 20 35 50
2105 20 35 50
2205 20 35 50
2305 20 35 50
2405 20 35

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

Pink Line · towards East Didsburyfrom Victoria (4 min), on to St Peter's Square (4 min)
Pink Line · towards Rochdale Town Centrefrom St Peter's Square (6 min), on to Victoria (2 min)
Red Line · towards Crumpsallfrom St Peter's Square (6 min), on to Victoria (2 min)
Red Line · towards The Trafford Centrefrom Victoria (4 min), on to St Peter's Square (4 min)

Questions about Exchange Square

the Pink Line and the Red Line.

05:30, Monday to Thursday. Saturday and Sunday both start later; the table above has each day.

The last one leaves at 00:36, 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 Pink Line, and the journey planner will do any other pair of stops.

410 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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