Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

As Christmas approaches (yes we know its only November but its coming round the corner!), Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester Metrolink have launched a new safety campaign urging people to stay safe around trams at what is a busier … Continue reading →

The last planned engineering works on Manchester Metrolink before the busy festive period will be taking place over the weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November affecting services on both the Bury and Rochdale lines.

Manchester Metrolink’s M5000 3075 has received another new advert following the removal of vinyls advertising Chester Zoo. Its now carrying vinyls for Caudalie skincare and beauty products.

After a summer of major works on the Metrolink line to Eccles, improvement works on the network have reduced in recent weeks and over the next couple of months there will only be a couple of occasions when services will … Continue reading →

Liam Gallagher is to carry on the Manchester Metrolink tradition of using celebrities to make tramstop announcements over the next few days. He will be making announcements in celebration of the Bee Network and the new Beyond the Music Festival … Continue reading →

Greater Manchester Police have launched an appeal for information following an incident that happened at approximately 1830 on Friday 22nd September on board a tram as it was close to Failsworth in Oldham. Officers received reports that a man had … Continue reading →

Manchester Metrolink services were suspended between Bury and Whitefield on Friday 29th September following reports of an overhead line fault. The report was first made at around 1100 and repairs are expected to take some time with no service due … Continue reading →

Transport for Greater Manchester have confirmed that the cost of travelling without a ticket on Manchester Metrolink will be £120 from 24th September as part of their ongoing efforts to tackle fare evasion. This is an increase of £20 and … Continue reading →

Cleaning staff on Manchester Metrolink are to take three days of strike action after voting in favour of industrial action. The ballot was taken after the terms and conditions of the staff are said to have been eroded since the … Continue reading →

Manchester’s new Bee Network will officially be launching from 24th September 2023 and in preparation for this Metrolink 3079 has received a new advertising livery as it asks you to say “yellow” to the new public transport network in the … Continue reading →

Since services on Manchester Metrolink started to return to normality after the severe curtailment during the pandemic there has been one notable omission – the MediaCityUK service. But that is to change from Monday 25th September when it will return … Continue reading →

Services on Manchester Metrolink were disrupted on two occasions in early-mid September after separate incidents led to changes to the service. The first saw a car collide with a tram whilst the second was down to a Police incident close … Continue reading →

The past few weeks have seen some more changes on Manchester Metrolink with a tram returning to service after an absence whilst there has been one advert removed and three new ones applied.

It has been quite some time since the performance statistics of the Manchester Metrolink network were posted online and then suddenly several months worth appears! The stats remain in the usual format, giving details of both the overall performance as … Continue reading →