On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Neil Williams wrote:

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:37:43 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote:

How many people work in Trafford Park? IIRC the working population of
Heathrow is around 6-8 thousand.

According to the link below, there are 7,000 in the Trafford Centre
alone, not to mention the huge industrial area of the Park.

If I've not read it incorrectly, it is claimed that some 40,000 work in
the entire Park - making it rather bigger in employment terms than
Heathrow. That it was so huge (I was thinking more like 10,000 off the
top of my head) surprised me greatly.

Interesting. Any idea how those numbers compare to:

- Provincial towns (eg Ashford, Basingstoke, Colchester)
- Provincial city centres (eg Manchester city centre)
- the City

?

Not only that, but Trafford Park has very little in the way of rail
passenger transport.

For now - there's a good chance of a tram line, isn't there?

tom

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