TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has signed an option worth £18m with a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe for the supply of 10 additional Flexity Swift light rail vehicles (LRVs).

TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) announced on November 8 that its Capital Projects and Policy Sub-Committee has backed plans to develop a tram-train strategy for the city and surrounding area.

TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) opened a 3.4km extension to the East Manchester Line of its Metrolink light rail network early. Services started running to Ashton-under-Lyne on October 9.

THE LATEST addition to Manchester's rapidly-expanding Metrolink light rail network welcomed its first passengers on May 23, with the opening of the 2.8km extension of the South Manchester Line from St Werburgh's Road to East Didsbury.

MANCHESTER Metrolink launched full commercial services on the East Manchester line on February 11 with the opening of the initial 6.3km section between Piccadilly and Droylsden.

LIGHT Rail services on the Manchester Metrolink network will be extended from Oldham Mumps via Derker to Shaw & Compton on December 16.

MANCHESTER is set to complete the renewal of its tram fleet by 2014 after Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) approved the acquisition of a further 20 M5000 vehicles from Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe.

THE LATEST phase of Manchester's expanding Metrolink light rail network opened on June 13 with the start of public services on the line from Victoria to a temporary station at Oldham Mumps.