"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Neil Williams wrote:

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:37:43 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote:

How many people work in Trafford Park? IIRC the working population of
Heathrow is around 6-8 thousand.

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Not only that, but Trafford Park has very little in the way of rail
passenger transport.

For now - there's a good chance of a tram line, isn't there?

no - it has to be funded privately, essentially by Peel Holdings who own the
Trafford Centre. However they only offered to pay their bit if they could
have planning permission for a massive expansion of the Trafford Centre,
which was turned down.

Of course a new line to the Trafford Centre would also pass MUFC (Old
Trafford) - on an alignment already in place by the Ship Canal - which may
be vital when the stadium expands again... if someone pays for it!

TM