dormakaba securely on expansion of the Manchester Metrolink network. the right track with In May 2009, a special fund of £1.9 Metrolink billion was agreed for metrolink extensions and enhanement pro- gram. This has already seen the Metrolink network triple in size with Press Release nearly 60km of new tramway now operating and 92 Metrolink stops. Greater Manchester’s Metrolink Most recently, the 14.5km extension network is one of the most successful to Manchester Airport opened to light rail systems in the UK, carrying passengers in November 2014. nearly 20 million passengers every These lines help reduce congestion on year. Manchester’s roads with five million fewer car journeys every year, and will There were three original lines which increase the number of trips passen- run from Bury, Altrincham and Eccles gers make each day from 55,000 to into Manchester city centre. The Bury more than 90,000. and Altrincham lines opened in 1991 followed by the Eccles line in 2000 Brian Samuels, Materials Manager at creating a network of 37 stops Manchester Metrolink commented, covering 37 km (23 miles). A fleet of “We’ve always been pleased with the 32 trams served the existing network quality and security of the Kaba 20 until December 2009 when the first system and the level of customer of a new series of trams was intro- service dormkaba has provided us duced. over the last 20 years”.

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