Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

It may have kept them up a bit longer than convention suggests but Manchester Metrolink 3047 has lost its special Christmas livery and seen it replaced by another advert. This time around the tram is advertising Lululemon in a design … Continue reading →

As part of his last mayoral manifesto, Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester) committed to a pilot scheme to allow bikes to be carried on Manchester Metrolink. And now it has been confirmed that transport leaders are to consider proposals … Continue reading →

The problem with the cracked rail at Victoria has led to more changes for Manchester Metrolink services with now no trams able to run between Victoria and Exchange Square on 2CC to allow full repairs to take place.

A cracked rail at Victoria had meant that from the start of service on Tuesday 16th January 2024 there has been an amendment to the services being operated on the Manchester Metrolink network. Whilst all services are still operating additional … Continue reading →

There has been another change of vinyl wrap for Manchester Metrolink 3075 with it now advertising Procore. This replaces its previous ad which was advertising Caudalie Skincare and now means the tram has had seven different adverts for five different … Continue reading →

We mentioned in our Manchester Metrolink advert round-up recently that 3117 has received a new advert but in that article we didn’t have a photo to include. But we do now thanks to Reece Hughes!

Manchester Metrolink M5000 3092 has returned to service in time for Christmas after receiving repairs. The tram had been absent from service since the weekend of Parklife in June 2023 when it was involved in an overhead line incident which … Continue reading →

There will be another new timetable introduced on Manchester Metrolink from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 which will see more trams running to Etihad Campus as well as further double units operating on the Bury and Altrincham lines.

Greater Manchester Police, Transport for Greater Manchester and other Travelsafe partners have recently conducted an operation in the pre-Christmas rush to help keep passengers safe on the public transport network. Operation AVRO took place on 14th December saw high visibility … Continue reading →

There has been more change with adverts on Manchester Metrolink as we’ve seen more adverts removed, new adverts applied and also the unusual situation of an advert being ripped off and then identical vinyls reapplied not longer after!

Manchester Metrolink services running on the First City Crossing via Market Street and Shudehill were suspended during the evening of Saturday 9th December after a piece of tarpaulin got caught in the pantograph of a tram at Market Street.