Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

A driver was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after driving their car on the Metrolink tracks at Wythenshawe in the early hours of Tuesday 3rd December.

Manchester Metrolink and the Bee Network are getting into the Christmas spirit with Santa taking over a tramstop in Manchester City Centre and giving it a festive makeover. Throughout November and December, Shudehill will be known as Sleighill as part … Continue reading →

Steve Warrener has been confirmed as the new permanent Managing Director of Transport for Greater Manchester. He had been in the role on an interim basis since January 2024 and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of an organisation … Continue reading →

Manchester Metrolink is the second UK tramway to currently carry advertising for JD Sports after an identical advert to that already seen in Sheffield was applied to 3118. The one big difference in the Manchester version is that it includes … Continue reading →

Manchester Metrolink M5000 3033 has returned to service after almost a year on the sidelines. The tram was first seen back in service on Friday 22nd November with it allocated to the East Didsbury to Shaw and Crompton and Rochdale … Continue reading →

More photos in this article, this time coming from Manchester Metrolink during a visit on Saturday 2nd November 2024. We see several trams in advertising liveries as well as others in the usual fleet livery. A demonstration in the city … Continue reading →

Manchester Metrolink services on the line out to Ashton-under-Lyne were disrupted twice within a week after collisions between trams and cars.

Visitors to Manchester Metrolink may recently have noticed new safety notices around the tramway as the network becomes the third in the UK to adopt the LRSSB led nationwide safety campaign already seen in Blackpool and Edinburgh.

Manchester Metrolink 3061 is on to its fourth different advert of the year following the application of new vinyls for asos. This new ad was first seen out on the track during the week commencing 11th November 2024.

Another short-term advert livery in Manchester has been removed with 3099 now back into standard fleet livery. The tram had previously been advertising limited edition Fanta Beetlejuice.

The recent spate of collisions involving trams and other road vehicles has continued with the latest tram victim being Manchester Metrolink 3052 which was struck in Oldham Town Centre.

In this latest trip out onto a UK tramway we go to Manchester Metrolink to see some photos from Oldham and Rochdale, taken at a time when the section between Rochdale Railway Station and Rochdale Town Centre was closed for … Continue reading →

If you happen to be travelling on the Manchester Metrolink network you may be in for a bit of a surprise as Rita Ora will be taking over the tram announcements at selected stops. This is all in conjunction with … Continue reading →

Back in July 2024, Manchester Metrolink services beyond Oldham Mumps were suspended after land movement around Derker which affected both the track and overhead poles at this location. After intensive rectification work, trams were able to resume from 19th August … Continue reading →