As of October 2014 there is renewed interest from TFGM, particularly as the route could link with HS2 Manchester Interchange.
(meta data) TITLE: Wythenshawe 'western loop' Metrolink tram line to be proposed - BBC News (meta data) AUTHOR: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews ## Accessibility links ## BBC News Navigation Family & Education Entertainment & Arts Video & Audio In Pictures Reality Check Special Reports The Reporters Have Your Say England selected Local News # Wythenshawe 'western loop' Metrolink tram line to be proposed Image copyright A new Greater Manchester tram line linking Manchester Airport with Wythenshawe Hospital is to be proposed. BBC Radio Manchester has learned local politicians will start lobbying the government for a Wythenshawe "loop-line" after the general election. The new line would link up with a proposed new railway station for HS2. Andrew Fender, chairman of Transport for Greater Manchester, said it featured "very much in their plans to build the western loop". A proposed Metrolink route to Wythenshawe Hospital was axed in 2005 due to funding problems. ## 'Fantastic facility' Mr Fender said: "We've always planned on building the western loop as it's known, but the fairly recent announcement of the alignment for the proposed HS2 link from Birmingham to Manchester will go very close to the [M56] motorway and it would cross the point where the western loop would be going to." He added it would "provide that extra connectivity and justification for having the HS2 station in that location". Mike Kane, Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, said it would be a "fantastic facility". He said: "It is very feasible that we could build a line from Manchester Airport over Thorley Lane Bridge, over the M56, link the potential HS2 station at Davenport Green and bring it back round to the hospital on Moor Lane." ## Related Topics ## More on this story HS2 to enter Manchester via tunnel under city 28 January 2013 Metrolink 'to axe hospital route' 22 June 2005 ## Related Internet links Transport for Greater Manchester The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites ## Top Stories Cardinal Pell loses appeal against sex abuse convictions Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sex abuse, will serve the rest of his six-year sentence. 21 August 2019 Johnson to meet Merkel with call to scrap backstop 21 August 2019 Homeless children 'housed in shipping containers' 21 August 2019 ## Features ### The unbelievable hangover caused by Pure-O ### 'I bought a house thanks to my bullet journal' ### Russian couple may lose son for attending protest ### The Cold War spy technology which we all use ### The 'gardening job' that almost sparked a war ### Barcelona crime wave tarnishes boom in tourism ### The mystery photos of a 1957 gay wedding ### How to use seduction techniques to get ahead ### Why body image is a weighty issue at the Fringe # Elsewhere on the BBC ### Evil Genius Frank Sinatra, saint or sinner? Full article Evil Genius ### Daily news briefing direct to your inbox Sign up for our newsletter Full article Daily news briefing direct to your inbox Why you can trust BBC News ## BBC News Services On your mobile On your connected tv Get news alerts Contact BBC News
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Proposed developments of Manchester Metrolink
Proposed or suggested developments.:Wythenshawe Loop.
Although axed in 2005 to control costs, the Wythenshawe Loop on the Airport Line remains an aspiration of TfGM.