Manchester Tram - ticket terms - does anyone know?

[whole diary]

[grahame]

Not sure if I dare ask this after [advance] ticket discussions elsewhere - but can anyone point me to the Ts and Cs for tickets on the Manchester Metrolink.    I'll be getting an adult return from Piccadilly to Media City tomorrow.
a) On the outbound journey, am I allowed to get off at Harbour City and walk the rest of the way?
b) Can I break my journey on the return to take some pictures from outside the station at Salford Quays?
The answer's probably staring me on the face on their web site, but I can't find it!

[Chris from Nailsea]

Try this: http://www.metrolink.co.uk/using-the-network/Documents/Conditions%20of%20Carriage.pdf 

[JayMac]

Metrolink Return tickets are valid for 90 minutes from the time of purchase for the outward journey. The return journey must be made the same day.

There is nothing in the Metrolink Conditions of Carriage that expressly allows or disallows a break of journey, so that's one for which I'd call them and ask about.

Alternatively, for an extra couple of quid on your return fare you can buy a Tram Day Travelcard for ^4.90 and hop on and off at your leisure!

[thetrout]

I believe they are both possible. A almost certainly, B is a highly likely...

The restriction on a Single Tickets and ONLY the Outward Portion of a Return is that the journey needs to be completed in 90 minutes. For some journeys a change of Tram is required so effectively a break of journey could be done.

Take Piccadilly Gardens for example, You may wish to change Tram there but whilst waiting want to pop across to the Bus Interchange to check or collect a timetable. If the journey A - B (Maybe via G) is completed in 90 minutes it's valid AIUI^▸ (as I understand it).

Also the fare between Piccadilly and Harbour City is the same as to MediaCityUK. I believe the prices are done on fares.

I recently did a journey on the Metrolink (Shudehill - Piccadilly) Yes I know I could've walked but for ^1.10 I couldn't be bothered. But my ticket has the following:

From: City Zone
To: City Zone

So if you abide by the 90 minute time limit and say within the zones for which you've paid, I'm sure you'll be fine

Here is a link which gives you the prices between two points: http://www.metrolink.co.uk/tickets/Pages/ticketselector.aspx

[grahame]

I believe they are both possible. A almost certainly, B is a highly likely...

Yeah ... I suspect I'll be all right.  And (all) thanks for the T&C link. Says a lot, but doesn't answer the ticket question. (a) is a common question, I suspect, with only half of the trams doing that bit from Harbour City to Media City.

As pedant trivia ...

48. Animals are not conveyed on Metrolink with the exception of: -
a) Guide dogs accompanying blind persons And / or
b) Hearing dogs accompanying deaf persons And / or
c) Any dog or cat being accompanied to the PDSA at Old Trafford.

... do you have to take dogs or cats back FROM the PDSA by taxi?  Sorry - had too much coffee, can't sleep ...

[thetrout]

Sorry - had too much coffee, can't sleep ...

So it's not just me then ..............

[TonyK]

Someone on the SkyScraperCity may well know. Sign up, and PM Johnny de Rivative, if he doesn't know, someone else will. While you're about the place, look at some of the excellent pictures. It is a true historic record of the birth of a light rail network from the ashes of a heavy system that was left to rot on the vine.

[grahame]

Someone on the SkyScraperCity may well know. Sign up, and PM Johnny de Rivative, if he doesn't know, someone else will. While you're about the place, look at some of the excellent pictures. It is a true historic record of the birth of a light rail network from the ashes of a heavy system that was left to rot on the vine.

Only picked this up this a.m. .... and on a slow connection and too late to join and p.m. ...  will look at those pics later.    There were ticket checkers on duty at Piccadilly - friendly to question, so I asked a pair ;-).   OK to stop off short, and even perhaps to break journey on outbound provided it's complete within 90 minutes.  OK to break on the way back.  Note - NOT an "official" answer, but one from the coalface enforcers themselves.

[grahame]

As pedant trivia ...

48. Animals are not conveyed on Metrolink with the exception of: -
a) Guide dogs accompanying blind persons And / or
b) Hearing dogs accompanying deaf persons And / or
c) Any dog or cat being accompanied to the PDSA at Old Trafford.

... do you have to take dogs or cats back FROM the PDSA by taxi?  Sorry - had too much coffee, can't sleep ...

Rule change - 3 months trial - dogs are now allowed on Metrolink with a string of rules
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-08-01/all-on-board-pet-dogs-to-ride-on-manchesters-metrolink-for-first-time-ever

About time too!

[Ralph Ayres]

(bit of a thread hijack here, but it is nearly 10 years old!)
I happened to spot the previous dog ban fairly recently and thought it seemed bizarre. Not sure why they need a trial as the rest of the country has effectively been doing that for them for many years. I've not come across public transport anywhere else in the country with such a rule and I doubt it would occur to many dog owners visiting Manchester that there might be a ban. Only once had trouble with a dog on public transport and I suspect the owner would have been trouble with or without an animal in tow.