Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

With the closure of Mosley Street stop in Manchester city centre at the end of service on Friday 17 May the past week has seen a major increase in the use of M5000s operating in multiple. The Bury-Altrincham service now … Continue reading →

Construction work is continuing in Rochdale town centre ahead of an expected opening of the Manchester Metrolink extension in 2014. Recent work has seen preparation work at the junction of Maclure Road and Drake Street which has revealed a small … Continue reading →

More engineering works at Victoria will see changes to Manchester Metrolink services on Sunday 2 June. Trams will not run between Crumpsall and Victoria or Central Park and Victoria with trams from Bury and Rochdale terminating at Crumpsall and Central … Continue reading →

Shortly after 0500 on Thursday 23 May 3055 departed Victoria with the first passenger service to run to East Didsbury as the latest section of Manchester Metrolink opened. The line to East Didsbury is part of the South Manchester line … Continue reading →

Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City FC have worked together to come up with a special offer for season ticket holders at the Barclays Premier League runners-up who travel by Metrolink to games. For just £70 (adults) and £30 … Continue reading →

Victoria station tramstop will again be closed on Monday 27 May with a change in services as a result. No trams will run between Crumpsall and Victoria or Central Park and Victoria with a replacement bus services operating from Central … Continue reading →

At 0055 in the early hours of Saturday 18 May, 3018 became the last tram to stop at Mosley Street in Manchester city centre as it permanently closed to “improve journey times, reliability and capacity” on the Manchester Metrolink network. … Continue reading →

As reported last week the Passenger Information Displays (PIDs) in Manchester city centre were switched on on Thursday 9 May, a major milestone in the installation and commissioning of the Tram Management System (TMS). The city centre and Piccadilly is … Continue reading →

The next part of the Manchester Metrolink jigsaw will be put into place on Thursday 23 May when the remainder of the South Manchester line to East Didsbury starts passenger services – and for a nice change it is several … Continue reading →

The T68A fleet on Manchester Metrolink has been reduced to two examples following the withdrawal of 2005 from service and it is expected that within the next couple of weeks 2003 will also be withdrawn leaving just 2001 carrying the … Continue reading →

Sunday 12 May saw the rare sight of double T68 units running on the South Manchester line through to St Werburgh’s Road. As a result of the engineering work taking place at Victoria on this day all six double T68s … Continue reading →

On Saturday 27 April a taxi stopped too close to the tram line on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre and ended up getting hit causing significant damage to the road vehicle with M5000 3028 also suffering some damage. According … Continue reading →

Transport for Greater Manchester have confirmed that the single platform at Mosley Street in Manchester city centre is to close to passengers following services on Friday 17 May. It is now possible to close Mosley Street because new real time … Continue reading →

A major step in the expansion of the Manchester Metrolink has been reached with the control room moving from Queen’s Road to a new facility at Trafford depot. This means that all the main operational functions of the network are … Continue reading →

The planned engineering work on the Bury line of Manchester Metrolink on Saturday 11 May has now been cancelled with a normal service running across the network throughout on this day. The engineering works due to take place on Sunday … Continue reading →

Major works have been finished on the Manchester Street roundabout in Oldham as progress on the town centre extension of Manchester Metrolink continues ahead of its planned opening in 2014. The area has now been completely remodelled and will allow … Continue reading →

Services in Manchester city centre were suspended for half an hour on Thursday 1 May after a tram failed at Deansgate-Castlefield. Engineers were called to the scene to repair the errant tram and it was on the move again after … Continue reading →

The Bury line will see no trams at all over the weekend of Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May as further engineering works take place. In addition on Sunday 12 May there will be alterations to services on the Rochdale … Continue reading →

There are now only three T68As available for service on Manchester Metrolink following the withdrawal of 2002. The tram last operated services between Piccadilly and Eccles during the evening of Wednesday 24 April after which it returned to Queen’s Road … Continue reading →

Contractors are to undertake “trial hole” investigations of the pipes and cables under the road in Princess Street, Manchester City Centre over the next ten days as part of the preparatory works for the Metrolink Second City Crossing (2CC). The … Continue reading →