Opening day for Trafford Centre’s huge new Primark has been confirmed

We’ve known for a while that a massive new Primark is coming to the Trafford Centre, but now we know the exact date it’ll open.

The popular budget retailer has been busy finishing up its new store at Barton Square ready for its launch this spring.

It’ll be the 190th Primark store to open in the UK, creating more than 300 jobs in the process, and it looks set to be one of the biggest to boot.

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The new branch will take up a whopping 64,800 square ft of retail space spread out over two floors, as part of the shopping centre’s £75 million redevelopment of the Barton Square area.

Kari Rodgers, Primark’s director of sales UK, North said: “We are delighted to be opening our new store in the redeveloped Barton Square at intu Trafford Centre.

“We are looking forward to extending our offering of amazing fashion at amazing prices along with exciting in-store experiences to the people of Manchester and the surrounding areas.”

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The official opening date is Friday March 20th – so get that in your diary – and in more good news you’ll soon be able to get the tram out to the new store, as the brand new Metrolink line out to the Trafford Centre is opening a lot earlier than expected.

The Trafford Park Metrolink tram line was completed in November last year, with the last 15 metres of track being laid and the final concrete pour bringing construction on the project to an end.

While TfGM had predicted trams to be running by late 2020, they will in fact be fully open to passengers from April this year, a whole seven months before the project was initially scheduled for completion.