HERE's the fly-through video of what could be the line from central Manchester to the Trafford Centre via Old Trafford and the Imperial War Museum North. 

If the funding is found and the planning passed we could have this in place by 2019/20.

At Confidential we love a fly-through, it's always sunny for one thing and you get to swoop and soar for another. As stated previously on these pages Confidential heartily approves of the plan, principally because we think the city centre would benefit more than the Trafford Centre as people would use the latter as a free car park. Although improved links to TC ain't a bad thing for them either.

The Imperial War Museum North (IWMN) and the businesses in Trafford Park would also get a boost. It would improve access on match days to Manchester United. Even the MediaCity folk would see an improvement, the current Quays line was given too many stops. It'll probably be quicker to take the tram to IWMN and walk over the footbridge at ITV.   

The new route will be 5.5km long and branch off from the existing Pomona stop on a largely off-street route through to the Trafford Centre.

The budget for the project has been estimated at £350 million and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) officials are actively exploring funding opportunities with the government. 

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), the agency who've produced the video, is currently holding a 12-week public consultation on plans for the new line, which closes next month.

There are six new stops including Wharfside for Old Trafford, the Imperial War Museum North, Trafford Park Village, Parkway, EventCity and the Trafford Centre - Confidential loves that Legoland at the Trafford Centre have got TfGM to include a Lego tram on this video, although the speedied up footage of people at the Imperial War Museum North is comedic, like a 1920s' silent movie in technicolour. 

The budget for the project has been estimated at £350 million with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) exploring funding opportunities with the government. GMCA has already approved an initial £37 million of funding to get the scheme ‘shovel ready’, which included an order for 10 new trams to serve the line.

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