Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with life-changing injuries after he was hit by a tram on the Metrolink Manchester Airport. The incident happened at approximately 1540 on Wednesday 7th October at Crossacres tramstop.

It is a case of one in and out advert wise for Manchester Metrolink as 3092 is the latest tram to receive a new wrap whilst 3095 loses its long-standing advert for the Coronation Street Experience.

Whilst much of early summer 2025 has seen fine weather there have still been spells of more inclement weather conditions, and that was the case on Tuesday 15th July 2025 in Manchester. Whilst for some that would be an excuse … Continue reading →

One moment a tram is in an advert, then its in fleet livery and then it gets another advert, and you wonder why its difficult to keep up! 3102 is the tram this time that doesn’t seem to be able … Continue reading →

October will see more engineering work taking place on the Manchester Metrolink network. This is mostly at weekends although there will also a be a week-long closure during the October half-term break.

There has been another tram in Manchester which has lost its latest set of advertising vinyls, with 3117 noted now running in the standard fleet livery again.

The latest livery change to report on from Manchester Metrolink is that of 3102 which is now running in fleet livery once again after losing its advert for Bohomoon.

Nathan Wright, of Bebbington Close, Sale, has been jailed for 31 months after pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating. He assaulted a customer service representative and an off—duty Metrolink driver at Old Trafford Metrolink … Continue reading →

£6 million worth of funding has been confirmed to help develop proposals for the planned major expansion of tram and tram-train services across Greater Manchester. As previously revealed in the June government announcement of £15bn for transport projects in England’s … Continue reading →

After last week seemed to be the week of the advert removal it looks as if this week is the reverse as three new adverts have been applied to trams on Manchester Metrolink. 3061, 3092 and 3101 are now all … Continue reading →

The past week has seen three more trams on Manchester Metrolink return to full fleet livery again after vinyls were removed on 3002, 3061 and 3097.

The last set of major engineering works on Manchester Metrolink this year are set to take place over the first weekend in September to round off another year of major investment in improving the network as part of the ongoing … Continue reading →

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has started a procurement process which will deliver an up to £1.6 billion investment into the infrastructure of Manchester Metrolink. The new contract will cover Metrolink’s asset renewals programme, and could also include other improvement … Continue reading →

It seems at the moment that barely a week goes by without there being another new advertising livery on Manchester Metrolink and so it is again with 3104 receiving a new wrap for Manchester Airport. The tram was first seen … Continue reading →

Recently we have seen several short-term advertising contracts come to an end on Manchester Metrolink, but this time we bring news of a longer-term ad being removed. The advert on 3089 had been in place for a year but has … Continue reading →

Friday 15th and Saturday 16th August sees the return of concerts at Wythenshawe Park, and what better way to get there by tram? Extra trams will be running in the Airport line on both days to increase the frequency, although … Continue reading →