If you have flexibility on your journey time, please travel during our quieter periods. This can help you avoid busy trams and make your journey more comfortable.
Usually, the quietest times to travel on the tram are:
- Weekdays: between 10am and 4pm
- Weekends: after 7pm
- Sundays: before 12pm and after 7pm
Please also keep in mind that tram stops in the city centre are busy throughout the day.
See quieter times for your tram line:
- Altrincham line
- Ashton line
- Bury line
- East Didsbury line
- Eccles line
- Manchester Airport line
- Oldham and Rochdale line
- Trafford Centre line
Altrincham line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from Altrincham to City Centre are:
- Mondays: before 7am, between 9am and 5pm, and after 6pm.
- Tuesdays: between 10am and 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Wednesdays: between 10am and 4pm, and after 8pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Fridays: before 7am, between 9am and 3pm, and after 11pm.
- Saturdays: before 10am, between 2pm and 5pm, and after 8pm.
- Sundays: Quieter before 9am, and after 7pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to Altrincham are:
- Mondays: before 8am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 9pm.
- Tuesdays: before 8am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 11pm.
- Wednesdays: before 8am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 11pm.
- Thursdays: before 8am, and between 9am and 4pm.
- Fridays: before 8am, and between 9am and 4pm.
- Saturdays: before 3pm.
- Sundays: before 10am, and after 9pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Ashton line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from Ashton to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: before 8am, and after 9am.
- Tuesdays: before 7am, between 9am and 5pm, and after 6pm.
- Wednesdays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 5pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Fridays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Saturdays: before 11am, between 2pm and 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Sundays: before 1pm, and after 5pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to Ashton are:
- Mondays: before 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Tuesdays: before 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Wednesdays: before 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Thursdays: before 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Fridays: before 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Saturdays: before 1pm, between 2pm and 4pm, and after 5pm.
- Sundays: before 1pm, and after 2pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Bury line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from Bury to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: after 9am.
- Tuesdays: after 10am.
- Wednesdays: after 10am.
- Thursdays: between 10am and 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Fridays: between 9am and 3pm, and after 6pm.
- Saturdays: before 8am, and after 9pm.
- Sundays: before 10am, and after 6pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to Bury are:
- Mondays: before 4pm, and after 9pm.
- Tuesdays: before 4pm, between 7pm and 9pm, and after 10pm.
- Wednesdays: before 4pm, and after 10pm.
- Thursdays: before 4pm.
- Fridays: before 4pm.
- Saturdays: before 5pm.
- Sundays: before 11am, and after 8pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
East Didsbury line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from East Didsbury to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: before 7am, and after 9am.
- Tuesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 5pm, and after 6pm.
- Wednesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 10am and 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Fridays: before 7am, between 10am and 4pm, and after 8pm.
- Saturdays: before 10am, and after 10pm.
- Sundays: before 10am, and after 7pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to East Didsbury are:
- Mondays: before 4pm, between 7am and 9pm, and after 10pm.
- Tuesdays: before 4pm, and after 11pm.
- Wednesdays: before 4pm.
- Thursdays: before 4pm.
- Fridays: before 4pm.
- Saturdays: before 3pm.
- Sundays: before 12pm, and after 8pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Eccles line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from Eccles to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: before 7am, between 9am and 3pm, and after 7pm.
- Tuesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 3pm, and after 7pm.
- Wednesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 12pm, and after 7pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 9am and 3pm, between 7pm and 8pm, and after 10pm.
- Fridays: before 7am, between 9am and 12pm, and after 10pm.
- Saturdays: before 10am, and after 6pm.
- Sundays: before 11am, and after 4pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to Eccles are:
- Mondays: before 8am, between 10am and 4pm, and after 9pm.
- Tuesdays: before 8am, between 10am and 4pm, and after 8pm.
- Wednesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 4pm, and after 8pm.
- Thursdays: before 8am, between 10am and 4pm, and after 11pm.
- Fridays: before 8am, between 9am and 3pm, and after 8pm.
- Saturdays: before 1pm, between 2pm and 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Sundays: before 2pm, and after 8pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Manchester Airport line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from Manchester Airport to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: before 7am, between 9am and 1pm, and after 7pm.
- Tuesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Wednesdays: before 7am, between 10am and 3pm, and after 7pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 9am and 3pm, and after 10pm.
- Fridays: before 7am, between 10am and 1pm, and after 7pm.
- Saturdays: before 10am, and after 7pm.
- Sundays: between 7am and 10am, and after 5pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to Manchester Airport are:
- Mondays: before 7am, between 9am and 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Tuesdays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Wednesdays: before 7am, between 9am and 3pm, and after 7pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 10pm.
- Fridays: before 8am, between 9am and 3pm, and after 7pm.
- Saturdays: before 2pm, between 4pm and 6pm, and after 8pm.
- Sundays: before 12pm, and after 5pm.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Oldham and Rochdale line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from Oldham and Rochdale to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: between 9am and 4pm, and after 5pm.
- Tuesdays: after 9am.
- Wednesdays: between 9am and 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Thursdays: before 7am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Fridays: before 7am, and after 9am.
- Saturdays: before 11am, and after 12pm.
- Sundays: quiet at all times.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to Rochdale and Oldham are:
- Mondays: before 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Tuesdays: before 5pm, and after 7pm.
- Wednesdays: before 8am, between 9am and 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Thursdays: before 4pm, and after 7pm.
- Fridays: quiet at all times.
- Saturdays: quiet at all times.
- Sundays: quiet at all times.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Trafford Centre line
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the Trafford Centre to the City Centre are:
- Mondays: quiet at all times.
- Tuesdays: quiet at all times.
- Wednesdays: before 4pm, and after 6pm.
- Thursdays: before 5pm, and after 6pm.
- Fridays: quiet at all times.
- Saturdays: before 3pm and after 4pm.
- Sundays: quiet at all times.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The quietest times to travel on the tram from the City Centre to the Trafford Centre are:
- Mondays: quiet at all times.
- Tuesdays: quiet at all times.
- Wednesdays: before 5pm, and after 6pm.
- Thursdays: before 8am, and after 9am.
- Fridays: quiet at all times.
- Saturdays: quiet at all times.
- Sundays: quiet at all times.
See detailed graphs of quietest travel times below:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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