A clean interchange offering a good selection of services across buses, trams and railway, hence…read morewarranting an upgraded rating. While I feel the signage around the station could be improved for destinations, how to get to certain platforms and which lifts are out of order, it still is a pretty decent Interchange which makes arriving into Altrincham a little bit more pleasant. There are two railway platforms, two for Metrolink and of course the bus interchange all in one, currently, the Metrolink only runs from Piccadilly-Altrincham meaning if you're going past Piccadilly or aiming to go towards Bury, you will have to change along the way. It is in an old building too for the railway part, but it is pleasant and sheltered, I do think it's a great shame regarding a slight lack of signage especially for the lifts where you wouldn't know the lifts going to certain platforms were out of order until you get there, luckily this didn't effect me as the Metrolink into the city centre is just as quick as the train. 4*

Firstly, this should not be confused with its big sister the Chorlton Street Bus Station. The…read moreChorlton Street Bus Station is in the centre of Manchester, has an indoor waiting area with a coffee shop and hosts National Express and Eurolines buses. Chorlton Bus Station is a mere series of bus stops in Chorlton. The other day my bus stopped at Chorlton Bus Station. A middle-aged man with reams of toilet paper sticking out of his nose and all over his face got onto my bus. In an attempt to avoid eye contact I stared out of the window. There was another middle-aged man with a white bear glove puppet carrying a flowing roll of toilet paper. Apart from as a point for such (for want of a better word) unique Chorltonites to congregate, I've never really understood the point of Chorlton Bus Station. It's just a series of bus stops from which you can catch the 85 and 86 into the city centre, the 23 to Didsbury and the Trafford Centre, and numerous other buses, most of which you can also catch further down the road in the centre of Chorlton. On a positive note, if you have a long time to wait for your bus, the bus station is opposite some excellent little bars such as Escape, or if you have even longer to wait, Japanese restaurant Yakisoba is also just opposite.

Didsbury Village Metrolink is a fairly new addition to the Metrolink network, the station opened in…read more2013. It is in a great location for Didsbury Village with the suburb's shops and restaurants a couple of minutes away on foot. It is on the South Manchester Line between East Didsbury and Rochdale Town Centre, with some Rochdale-bound trains terminating at Shaw and Crompton. It is a pretty basic tram stop, it is fairly clean, with ample shelter, it has ramped access onto street-level which is easier for everyone, to avoid dealing with slippy steps or slow lifts. 4* - Nice tram stop. It would be even better if they finally set the Stockport extension into motion.

Very close to the heart of Didsbury village, a useful service to get into Manchester or to the…read morenearby shopping area of Parswood.

Navigation Road is served by both Metrolink and National Rail services, it has one platform for…read moreMetrolink and another for National Rail with a level-crossing between them. It is generally the stop right before Altrincham, depending on which way you're travelling, as far as I'm aware all services going via here also call via Altrincham. Pretty old school station, with the barriers stopping cars from passing outside when a train is due, due to the nature of the trains tracks and roads around the station. Basic facilities but a pretty average station overall, there was some shelter, at least in the Metrolink part at least, it could have been lit slightly better, but with trams, every ten minutes going, either way, it isn't too bad. I also like how it is one of the few stations outside of the city centre where you don't have to go through any lifts/stairs/corridors, you just get straight onto the Platform to make your service. It's much simpler, especially when you're running late and don't want to wait in the cold for the next service! 3*

Chorlton Metrolink Station originally opened all the way back in 1880 as a Railway Station, now it…read moreserves a totally different purpose, reopening after being converted to a Metrolink Station in 2011 (It originally closed to rail services in 1967) It is in a decent location within Chorlton town centre right by Morrisons. There is reasonable lighting and shelter for the station, it could be better, but this is common for many non-terminus, non-city centre locations. The lift can be spooky so be warned, the lights are on a sensor and only come on when you're in the lift, they have ended up coming on late for me before, meaning I had to ride up in a dark lift! It's on a decent number of lines, so you can get to Manchester Airport, East Didsbury, Rochdale and Victoria. 3*

Absolute piss take 8.30 cost normally 6.00 at the most driver was like oh give me your postcode…read morewhen I said he was going the long way round and a couple of weeks ago the driver tried to charge me when it was pre paid

Ripped off by a driver today and charged £9.30 to just go from brownley road M22 to the airport,the…read moredriver pretended he didn't know how much they charge per mile and said it was club cars that make up the prices and not him but the phone number after agreed I had been scammed by around £5 so wouldn't use them again, he even dropped me on a main roundabout to avoid charges for himself at the airport but charged me for it anyway Taxi drivers licence number is 1354 registered in Wolverhampton so will also report it to them

Wythenshawe Town Centre Metrolink Station is a pretty average Metrolink station, it is split across…read moretwo platforms, one going towards Victoria and the other going towards Manchester Airport, it is also attached to the Bus Station, forming an Interchange, which you can use to carry on your journey. It opened in 2014 and is in Fare Zone 4, as suggested by the name, it is located in Wythenshawe Town Centre, just turn past Boots and you have the Wythenshawe Civic Centre Shops, including Asda, many pound-shops Superdrug and a Post Office, One of the card readers on the platform didn't seem to be working and did have an error with my pass, it would have been good to see more readers on the platform rather than just one at every-end, especially with contactless payments now becoming more common along the network. The stop was clean, it had sufficient shelter considering the most amount of time you'll have to spend here is around 10-12 minutes during its peak Monday-Saturday service, or a little longer on a Sunday. 3* - Average tram stop, it is in a good location as suggested by the name, I do think it's a shame for Wythenshawe residents that trams now terminate at Victoria in most cases, rather than carrying on further, meaning you'd have to change at Cornbrook or get a bus into Piccadilly.

On Friday the 20th December of 2024 I booked a rental vehicle through the Easyjet website,…read morecollecting it from Europcar Manchester Airport at 3:00pm. From the innumerous companies based in Manchester, I chose Europcar as it is a well-reputed company in the market, trustworthy and with relatively affordable prices. According to the booking summary I did not contract any other services or extra options in addition to the car rental. When collecting the vehicle the employee present at the time suggested me to upgrade my cover to a premium insurance, to which I said I was not interested. Upon my answer, your employee gave me several documents to sign under the excuse they were mandatory to the conclusion of the rental contract. The car was returned with a full tank, without any faults or damage, something that was checked by your staff at the time of delivery. I was completely gobsmacked and furious when I received the invoice where you Europcar charged me almost double the amount that had been previously agreed. I will bring again to your attention that I did not contract or subscribed to any extra services, neither at the time of booking nor at the time of collection. After reading SEVERAL feedbacks from other dissatisfied customers on several internet pages, I can finally understand where the issue relies: Because I refused the premium insurance, the employee took advantage of my apparent rush to collect the car keys and the fact that I was a foreigner and non English native, to give me the premium insurance contract to sign mixed up with other paperwork. This is fraud, and you are accountable for it. Unfortunately this situation, which is very difficult to prove, seems to be recurring and many customers were scammed in this way (you can find plenty similar cases here in Google Feedback, for example). That said, my only question is: Are your employees who, in search of commission money, deceive Europcar customers? Or is Europcar the one encouraging employees to carry out this type of fraudulent scheme? Until what extend are you as a company involved in this fraudulent scheme? Either options are despicable and reprehensible. Considering Europcar has been operating since 1949 and has a reputation to uphold, you should be ashamed of your employees actions and take responsibility for their misdeeds. I expect nothing than a full refund covering the extra money that was abusively withdrawn from my account, and for the employees who have been carrying such fraud to be sanctioned and brought to justice. I expect an answer from you within the next 15 days, and in the case of failure I will seek further action with legal authorities. I will also report this matter to the GOV.UK, Trading Standards Institute and to the ECRCS. You can fool me once, but you won't fool twice. As someone who travels to England twice a year, I will never use your services again, and I will make sure this situation is widely spread.

I have often found that hiring a car is almost as bad an experience as buying one, but that was…read morecertainly not the case with the Europcar Car Hire location at the Manchester Airport Car Rental Village. Booking through Expedia wasn't the best experience but visiting the actual location certainly made up for it. I arrived horribly early in the morning off of a long haul flight and was promptly greeted by Caitlin who quickly attended to my rental booking. I asked about upgrade options and Caitlin offered my a choice at different pricepoints, she was determined to meet my needs. I ended up was a great vehicle at a price I don't think is far to disclose, needless to say I was delighted, my expectations were exceeded. I was unclear as to what insurance products I should take and Caitlin took the time to describe to me what was available and what would best meet my requirements for coverage etc. Caitlin even took the time to provide a brief tour of the car so I could ask any questions that I might have. Overall, Caitlin was a wonderful representative of Europcar, I left the site in a car that I was delighted with, having been helped to buy products that best met my wishes, I did not feel like I was sold products, but helped to buy the right ones, this was a reflection of the customer focus and professionalism of Caitlin, I can think of a few car rental firms that could learn a lot from handling a booking the way that Caitlin did, Europcar will be my first stop when it comes to booking my next rental vehicle, I would not ask for or expect a better quality of service. Thank you Caitlin, you were great!