Altfish
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GMex had to be renamed
A good job the stop at Victoria station wasn't called the Nynex Arena
A good job the stop at Victoria station wasn't called the Nynex Arena
Yes, effectively operates as a shuttle between the Trafford Centre and Cornbrook.Is it true that the Trafford Centre branch line terminates at Cornbrook station as per the maps? Seems a bit of a shame that they can’t get it as a direct Tram to the city centre.
Is it true that the Trafford Centre branch line terminates at Cornbrook station as per the maps? Seems a bit of a shame that they can’t get it as a direct Tram to the city centre.
I know that in normal times the line between Cornbrook <> St Peters Sq is one of the most frequent two track rail lines in the country even exceeding the Underground but it just seems a shame that they perhaps couldn’t squeeze it through even to Deansgate or even perhaps terminate services there off of one of the other branches that has two lines.
Yes, effectively operates as a shuttle between the Trafford Centre and Cornbrook.
To be fair, you don't normally have to wait too long for a connecting tram at Cornbrook.
I thought they were meant to run all the way through to Crumpsall, via the city - in fact, didn't Crumpsall recieve an extra bay platform for this very purpose?Yes, effectively operates as a shuttle between the Trafford Centre and Cornbrook.
To be fair, you don't normally have to wait too long for a connecting tram at Cornbrook.
Was the intention so quite possibly will start up in the near future.I thought they were meant to run all the way through to Crumpsall, via the city - in fact, didn't Crumpsall recieve an extra bay platform for this very purpose?
Plastering a logo all over a shopping centre may boost the egos of the managers, but I agree it's unlikely to influence shoppers on where to go.
Indeed. But the likes of intu don't or didn't advertise to the general public. So the only way that would work for them would be if they liked the intu centre in city A and were influenced to try the one when the visited city B. But how many people regularly shop in two different cities?Very little advertising is 'overt', i.e. makes you want to rush out and buy it right away. It's more about getting brand names stuck in your head so that you gain a positive image of that brand and that influences your choices later.
e.g. if Nescafe* advertised on TV, I'm not going to rush out there and then and buy a jar of coffee. But next time I'm in the supermarket buying coffee, I will be influenced, consciously or subconsciously, by my perception of the brand.
*Other brands of coffee are available.
Very little advertising is 'overt', i.e. makes you want to rush out and buy it right away. It's more about getting brand names stuck in your head so that you gain a positive image of that brand and that influences your choices later.
e.g. if Nescafe* advertised on TV, I'm not going to rush out there and then and buy a jar of coffee. But next time I'm in the supermarket buying coffee, I will be influenced, consciously or subconsciously, by my perception of the brand.
*Other brands of coffee are available.
Indeed. But the likes of intu don't or didn't advertise to the general public. So the only way that would work for them would be if they liked the intu centre in city A and were influenced to try the one when the visited city B. But how many people regularly shop in two different cities?
Indeed. But the likes of intu don't or didn't advertise to the general public. So the only way that would work for them would be if they liked the intu centre in city A and were influenced to try the one when the visited city B. But how many people regularly shop in two different cities?
Plastering your name over your shopping centres to advertise your brand is debatable at the best of times; when you are racking up £4.5billion in debt at the same time is not really the image you want to convey.
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Intu collapse: What went wrong for the retail giant?
The owner of some of the UK's biggest shopping centres had been battling issues for years.www.bbc.co.uk
Confused by the fact New Street itself is a short walk in the other direction, and the tram touches it either side of the station stop.This situation is rather like that on the West Midlands Metro where the stop outside Birmingham New Street station is called Grand Central , after the shopping centre located above the redeveloped station.
The on board announcements say ".. the next stop is Grand Central, alight here for New Street station..."
Personally I think it should be the other way round, with the stop named New Street Station, and the announcements changed so that it says "..the next stop is New Street station, alight here for Grand Central shopping centre.."
Just shows what can happen when the developers pay a bit of money.
If you've never been there it is hard to know where the shopping centre ends and the railway station begins.
The trams will run to Crumpsall once the pandemic is over and all the new trams have been delivered. The additional platform at Crumpsall is completed and ready for use
And once there are some passengers again!
Looking in on the TfGM website, the tram stop on its individual page is now shown as....The Trafford Centre.
EDIT ... This is something reported to me by a neighbour and not a comment made from my own knowledge.
What does IBIS stand for?The signs on the stations have been updated. IBIS system on the trams hasn’t been yet.
What does IBIS stand for?
I'm guessing "Something something information system"?
Fair enough - so I guess it's analogous to what would be called a PIS (Passenger Information System) on the mainline railways thenIntegrated Board Information System. It’s what controls the destination blinds etc.
Fair enough - so I guess it's analogous to what would be called a PIS (Passenger Information System) on the mainline railways then
Is there not another stop after this called VeloPark, which is far better situated for reaching the NCC. That says I have never took the tram to/from the NCC because they were never able to get me back into Central Manchester after the racing finished in time to get a train home.A similar stupidity with the name "Etihad Campus". Why not just call it Sportcity, which is its actual name, especially when the stop serves the NCC and things, not just the stadium.