Village tram stop

Village is a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink's Trafford Park Line. It is located adjacent to Village Way and is close to the Village Circle roundabout, its namesake. It opened on 22 March 2020.

It was the least used stop on the Trafford Park Line in the 2021/22 financial year.

History
Some of the tram tracks around Village run very close to the alignments of the now derelict Trafford Park Railway.

Pre-opening
In 2013, the GMCA and the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership announced that it may fund the construction of the Trafford Park Line as far as The Trafford Centre, estimating that the line could be open to passengers by 2018/19, subject to a satisfactory business case, Transport and Works Act Order and public consultation.

Opening
The stop opened to passengers on 22 March 2020, and the first passenger service tram (3073) stopped at Village just before 06:43.

Layout
Imperial War Museum does serve IWM North, but also serves MediaCityUK and ITV Studios across a footbridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. This also allows for an out-of-station interchange with MediaCityUK tram stop.

Imperial War Museum tram stop consists of two platforms (island platform). Two dot matrix passenger information displays stand serving one platform each, and show estimated arrival times for trams in minutes up to 30 minutes prior (up to three at a time) and number of carriages.

This stop has step-free access.

Also, a new bus stop was constructed at the tram stop, and the bus stop on the other side of the road was moved further down towards the tram stop and given a canopy.

Services
Services run every 12 minutes on all routes. Some routes (not shown here) only run during peak times. From this stop, services run to Castlefield in Manchester city centre in one direction and to The Trafford Centre in the other.

Bus
There are no bus stops directly serving Village tram stop, but it is served closest by bus route X50 (Worsley–Piccadilly Gardens). Also close by is route 18 (Eccles–Manchester Airport)

Train
This tram stop is not connected to any railway stations, but the nearest one is Trafford Park, approximately one mile away walking.