For years the idea of an underground Tube network for Manchester has risen time and again.
Back in the 1970s, Mancunians were unable to get from the north to the south of the city without changing trains. One idea that was explored before being abandoned a few years later aimed to get around this problem.
Forty years ago, Manchester came remarkably close to having its own underground rail network linking Victoria and Piccadilly stations for the first time. The Picc-Vic tunnel as it was known, like several transport ventures promised over the years, never materialised.
