Film Number

10858

Title

METROLINK IN GREATER MANCHESTER (VERSION 1)

Producer

MULTIVISION FOR GMPTE

Date

1988

Gauge

VHS

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

14 mins 41 secs

Description

A film produced for GMPTE that presents the advantages of bringing a Light Rapid Transport System to Greater Manchester. The film opens with scenes from Amsterdam. William Woollard is on board a tram and he describes how the people of Amsterdam have benefitted from the introduction of a Light Rapid Transport system to the city. We see scenes of the trams in action around the city to demonstrate how well the system works. We then see William Woollard in Manchester where he describes how Manchester could benefit in the same way. He talks about the current problems in Manchester with traffic congestion and how punitive measures to try to reduce city centre traffic are driving people and businesses away. He then presents the case from Sale in Greater Manchester to demonstrate that these issues are county-wide. We hear from Cllr. Guy Harkin, Chairman of Greater Manchester PTE and Tony Young, Principal Planning Officer at GM Transport, about why LRT is the best way forward for public transportation in Manchester and how it resolves the problems with the current system. William Woollard has a model to demonstrate what the tram vehicles will look like, and he explains more about how the vehicles will operate. The film ends with Cllr. Guy Harkin telling us what will happen next to make these plans a reality.