DSCF0486 First Manchester MX58 DWM and Metrolink tram set 3080 in Rochdale - 4 Jul 2015

Saturday 4 July 2015 (1328) – First Manchester 37381 (MX58 DWM), a Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL, seen in Smith Street, Rochdale heading for Manchester on service 17 via Middleton – a route and number little changed from the early days of buses run jointly by Rochdale and Manchester Corporations. Alongside is Metrolink tram set 3080 heading for Manchester via Oldham and then on to Ashton-under-Lyne.