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Major upgrade work to improve Crumpsall station began in August 2017 in readiness for the stop to act as the northern terminus for the new six-stop line which is planned to run directly from the Trafford Centre through the city centre and onto the upgraded Crumpsall stop. The existing inbound platform has been enlarged to form a new island platform with a turnback facility on the eastern side of the current platform. Northbound trams will be able to return southwards to Manchester city centre from this stop; similar to Shaw and Compton on the Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale line. The new line is scheduled to be operational by 2020 and, as at December 2019, work at the Crumpsall stop appears to have been completed.