I took on my first transport challenge on Monday 17th December last year and managed to complete the Manchester Metrolink challenge with a time of 6 hours, 32 minutes and 16 seconds. I felt like I had planned it quite well and was aiming for a time of around 6 hours, but things conspired against me a few times resulting in missed connections!
My route was as follows:
Depart Rochdale Town Centre (depart 09:54)
Take tram to East Didsbury (arrive 11:16)
Run to East Didsbury station (arrive 11:19, depart 11:29)
Take train to Manchester Airport (arrive 11:39, depart 11:51)
Take tram to Firswood (arrive 12:31)
Run to Old Trafford (arrive 12:35, depart 12:44)
Take tram to Altrincham (arrive 12:58, depart 13:01)
Take tram to Old Trafford (arrive 13:19)
Run to Pomona (depart 13:30)
Take tram to MediaCityUK (arrive 13:40)
Run to Broadway (arrive 13:43, depart 13:48)
Take tram to Eccles (arrive 13:56)
Walk to Eccles station (arrive 14:00, depart 14:19)
Take train to Deansgate (arrive 14:25)
Depart Deansgate (depart 14:25)
Walk to Deansgate-Castlefield (depart 14:26)
Take tram to Victoria via Market Street (arrive 14:36, depart 14:44)
Take tram to Bury (arrive 15:11, depart 15:13)
Take tram to Market Street (arrive 15:43)
Walk to Piccadilly Gardens (depart 15:48)
Take tram to Piccadilly (arrive 15:50, depart 15:54)
Take tram to Eccles (arrive 16:26)
I made a video of my attempt and you can find it at
https://youtu.be/fZ8QCMXpNWA if you're interested in watching it. Overall I had quite a bit of fun and would definitely be up for trying again for a better time, and I have my eyes set on some other tram networks too!