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High Street was a 
tram stop
A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it. Generally, tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, bu ...
on Greater Manchester
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's light rail Metrolink network, located in Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre is the central business district of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England situated within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57(M) Mancunian Way which collectively form an inner ring road. ...
, England. It was on the east side of High Street opposite Manchester Arndale
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, between the present Shudehill tram stop and Market Street tram stop
Market Street is a tram stop in Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located on Market Street, in Manchester city centre, England. It opened on 27 April 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion.
Originally ...
.
The stop opened on 27 April 1992. Market Street (which opened the same day, and was just around the corner) and High Street Metrolink stops effectively formed a single station staggered across a road junction, with different stop names for each platform: southbound vehicles (going towards Piccadilly Gardens
Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester city centre, England, on the edge of the Northern Quarter.
It takes its name from the adjacent street, Piccadilly, which runs across the city centre from Market Street to London Road. The ga ...
and St Peter's Square
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) stopped at the High Street stop, and northbound vehicles (going towards Victoria
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* Victoria, Seychelle ...
) stopped at Market Street. Shudehill tram stop did not open until 2003, and so the next stop for northbound trams after High Street was Manchester Victoria station High Street, Market Street and Mosley Street tram stops were each originally built with a single-platform construction and one-way operation due to constraints on available space in the road layout.
Market Street was modified to handle traffic in both directions when the street was closed to traffic, and the High Street platform was demolished in 1998 after six years' service.
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Disused Manchester Metrolink tram stops Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1998 {{UK-tram-stub