The mayor said development work in the town will make it 'Metrolink ready'
Andy Burnham has offered the biggest sign yet that plans to bring the Metrolink to Stockport are getting closer to becoming reality.
Stockport has long wanted a tram service to connect to other areas of Greater Manchester. Recent plans shared to replace two bridges in Stockport included tram-train futureproofing for one additional track.READ MORE: CPS issues statement after coroner rules Yousef Makki was unlawfully killed Answering a question on the BBC Radio Manchester phone in, the Mayor said: "TfGM have been doing a detailed assessment of all of our ambitions for Metrolink, and the Metrolink to Stockport is a big part of that. The new interchange that links to new infrastructure is going to be Metrolink ready, so it's being built with that capability.
"We've got a big ambition to take Metrolink to Stockport but we've also got one to take it north up through close to Middleton, Heywood and up to Bury through the Atom Valley site, so these are part of our ambitions for Metrolink.
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