CONSTRUCTION work will soon begin on the new Exchange Square Metrolink station after Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Manchester City Council agreed on a design by architects Simpson Haugh and Partners' (Beetham Tower, Urbis, St John's Quarter).

Between now and 2017 the city centre will see more than £1bn of transport investment

These new artist’s impressions reveal what the station will look like when it opens this winter 2015/16.

Foundations for the new stop are currently being laid on Corporation Street outside the Manchester Arndale, as part of Metrolink’s Second City Crossing (2CC) project - linking St Peter's Square to Victoria Station via Cross Street by 2017.

As part of the 2CC project work to transform the Deansgate-Castlefield stop is nearing completion, and work starts next month at the St Peter’s Square stop which is being relocated and expanded from two platforms to four.

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.CGI of new Exchange Square Station

Councillor Andrew Fender, Chair of the TfGM Committee, said: “We’re seeing real progress with the Second City Crossing with track works well advanced along Corporation Street and work due to start this summer on brand new stops for St Peter’s Square and Exchange Square.

“The ultramodern designs for the new Exchange Square stop are impressive and it will be a great addition to a lively area of the city, making it even easier to visit the great range of shops, cultural and leisure destinations in the area.

“The Second City Crossing also promises to improve travel both across the city and further afield, with more trams connecting more people with jobs.”

Between now and 2017 the city centre will see more than £1bn of transport investment - known collectively as GROW - including work to Piccadilly Station, Victoria Station and 'Dutch-style' cycleways for Oxford Road.

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