Manchester Transport Interchange
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External view of the Manchester Transport Exchange
Michael Collins Download Original
An existing tram stop (upgraded and brought back into mainstream service by this project), a bus depot and a car park
This building comprises a ramped access to a six-story, 777-bay car park above the bus station/interchange concourse. The car park is designed for 2,000 vehicular movements every day.
It is effectively an island contained by the concrete busway, which in turn is encircled by a low concrete wall that continues around the perimeter of the main site. This wall is variously clad in brick (on edge, stacked, soldier course) and ceramic tiles (mosaic, coloured, staggered).
Data
- Begun: Nov 2003
- Completed: Jan 2006
- Sector: Transport
- Total cost: £26M
- Address: Shudehill, Manchester, M4 2AF, United Kingdom
Tags 
Bus station, Car park, Circulation space, Glazed canopy, Green glass, Interchange concourse, Manchester, Multistorey, RIBA Award, Tram, Tram stop
Materials
Professional Team
- Architect: Ian Simpson Architects
- Client: Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive
- Quantity surveyor: Gleeds
- Main contractor: Costain
- Services engineer: Hoare Lea
- Structural engineer: Faber Maunsell
- Employee representative: GVA Grimley
- ***: Jefferson Sheard Architects
Suppliers
- Roofing: Apexc Direct
- Steelwork: Caunton Engineering
- Mesh cladding: GKD UK
- Canopy glazing: Solaglas
- Car park glazing: Mero
