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Residents in Tameside town 'don't want' to be connected to the Metrolink, according to a councillor

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direct to your inboxBringing the Metrolink to Stalybridge would be a ‘downgrade’ and residents ‘don’t want’ to be linked to the tram network, a councillor has claimed.A heated debate flared at a meeting of Tameside’s full council about plans to extend the borough’s tram routes to reach Stalybridge.The proposal has been included as part of the first five-year plans of the Greater Manchester’s wider transport strategy, which runs through to 2040.Released alongside the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, the combined authority has set out a potential boom in Metrolink coverage across the region, including a number of extended and new lines.Under the plans the Ashton line would be extended from Ashton-under-Lyne, where it terminates.

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