City Lines (Manchester Metrolink)

The three City Lines of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network make up the central section of the network in Manchester city centre, where the other eight lines radiating away from the city centre converge. On the City Lines, trams largely run along semi-pedestrianised streets rather than on their own separate alignment.

The first city centre route ran from Victoria station to G-Mex, now referred to as the First City Crossing. A branch to Piccadilly station opened later, and created a three-way delta junction near Piccadilly Gardens. The Second City Crossing (2CC) from Victoria to St Peter's Square was built to ease congestion on the original First City Crossing. It opened in two halves in 2015 and 2017 and added one additional stop to the network at Exchange Square.