Trouble on Eccles line after bus and tram collide

Services on Manchester Metrolink’s Eccles line were suspended between MediaCityUK and Eccles shortly after midday on Monday 12th March after a collision between a bus and a tram near to Langworthy tramstop. The tram involved was M5000 3078 with the bus a double decker being used by Stagecoach. The facts of the incident are not known but photos online show the bus in the process of pulling out of a layby just as the tram was passing. A small collision then took place with no injuries reported. Services resumed at approximately 1330.