Piccadilly Gardens tram stop should not be confused with Manchester Piccadilly station.
| Style: | Manchester Metrolink |
| Piccadilly Gardens | |
| Type: | Metrolink station |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.4803°N -2.237°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Line: | Piccadilly spur |
| Status: | In operation |
| Zone: | 1 |
| Opened: | 27 April 1992 |
| Original: | Metrolink |
| Platforms: | 2 (island) |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Map State: | collapsed |
Piccadilly Gardens is a tram stop in Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located beside Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre, and serves both as a transport hub (by integrating with the adjacent Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station), and interchange station (which can be used for changing between Metrolink lines).[1]
Piccadilly Gardens tram stop opened on 27 April 1992, as part of Metrolink's Phase 1. The station was rebuilt during 2009 with a wider platform and a new canopy, reopening on 2 November 2009. The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.[2]
In 1931, a new bus station was opened on Parker Street on the former site of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, providing a central transport interchange for bus passengers.[3] In 1945, adjacent site was landscaped as an ornamental sunken garden and named Piccadilly Gardens.[4]
In 1991, construction work began on a new light rail transport network, Manchester Metrolink. New tram lines were laid along the southern and western sides of Piccadilly Gardens, and a new tram stop constructed alongside the bus station, providing an inter-modal exchange between tram and bus.[5]
Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.