Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

With the Manchester Marathon taking place on Sunday 14th April it was a day of personal bests – and we’re not just talking about the runners who took part! The route of the marathon took participants through parts of south … Continue reading →

Not previously mentioned on these pages is that Manchester Metrolink 3038 is now carrying a revised promotional livery for Get on Board. This is the Transport for Greater Manchester – or Bee Network as its now marketed – campaign to … Continue reading →

Over the past few weeks its been a case of fleet livery disappearing and be replaced by advertising vinyls on Manchester Metrolink but this time we flip the story over as it’s the complete reverse! In this article we feature … Continue reading →

Sometimes there are just news stories which pass us by and we’re never aware of them until a long time after it happened, and this is definitely one of those situations! Manchester Metrolink 1024 – which we last had as … Continue reading →

The adidas Manchester Marathon will be taking place on Sunday 14th April and with around 32,000 runners set to take part as well as thousands more watching the race, residents are being advised to plan their journey in advance and … Continue reading →

And so it continues! Manchester Metrolink M5000 3064 has now become the latest tram to receive advertising vinyls in the fleet following the application of a design for New York City, complete with images of the Statue of Liberty.

As you may have read in the comments section as part of our recent article about track repairs on Portland Street, the Manchester Evening News is reporting that services may resume between Victoria and Exchange Square from early May. The … Continue reading →

The popularity of Manchester’s trams with advertisers seems to be showing no signs of waning with 3118 the latest of the Metrolink M5000s to receive a vinyl wrap. It’s a first ad for the tram which in the process becomes … Continue reading →

There are now 15 trams in Manchester which carry advertising liveries with 3031 becoming the latest to be wrapped. Its another global brand which has taken out the contract on 3031 with Pepsi now advertising on the tram with it … Continue reading →

There are to be changes to Manchester Metrolink services for 12 hours this coming weekend (6th/7th April) after the discovery of a cracked rail in the city centre. This will allow the 10 metre section of rail on Portland Street … Continue reading →

Co-Op Live – the new entertainment venue due to open this April at Etihad Campus – has teamed up with Transport for Greater Manchester to provide public transport options to events in what is being described as a “first of … Continue reading →

Coming quickly after a very similar advert was added to West Midlands Metro 44, Manchester Metrolink 3116 is now running in new vinyls for the National Trust. In doing so it becomes the fourteenth tram on the network to be … Continue reading →

3069 has become the latest M5000 in Manchester to receive a new advert with the tram having received new vinyls for IKEA in mid-March. The new red based advert is the second time that the Swedish store – who have … Continue reading →

On Sunday 25th February engineering work took place around Victoria which saw Metrolink services altered. This was relatively short-notice work and many of us expected that it would be in connection with the broken rail at the Corporation Street end … Continue reading →

Its time for yet another round-up of new adverts on Manchester Metrolink with several more trams having received new wraps over the past week or so. In this article we see the results of the application of vinyls on 3023, … Continue reading →

Well, they do say that bad things come in threes and that has certainly been the case for Manchester Metrolink over the past few days. There have been collisions at Piccadilly Gardens, Ashton Moss and Wythenshawe causing both damage to … Continue reading →