Fictional Manchester Metrolink Stations
- Weatherfield - Coronation Street (Tram carried branding of 'Politanlink' - spoof name based on Metrolink. Some footage shot on Metrolink Castlefield bridge and tram crashed from historic Liverpool and Manchester Railway viaducts on plot of TV show)
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