Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

Saturday 26th August could well have gone down in the record books for Manchester Metrolink’s line out to the Airport as it enjoyed one of its most intensive services since the line opened to the public. With a number of … Continue reading →

Another recognisable global brand have decided to use the power of advertising on a UK tramway with Booking.com taking out a contract for two identical adverts on Manchester Metrolink. The firms vinyls have now been wrapped on both 3031 and … Continue reading →

A 77 year old man was taken to hospital,  where his condition was described as being critical, after he was hit by a tram at Robinswood tramstop on the Manchester Airport line of Metrolink. The incident happened at around 1420 … Continue reading →

As we reported a few days ago, Manchester Metrolink 3023 has recently received a new vinyl wrap livery to celebrate the upcoming Manchester Pride event (taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend). With the slogan “Love Connects Everyone” it … Continue reading →

Each year in the lead up to Manchester Pride (25th-28th August) Metrolink celebrate the event by putting at least one on their trams in a special livery. This has seen the spots on the standard livery changed to rainbow colours … Continue reading →

Summer is the season for major track renewal on UK tramways it would appear as not only is taking place in Sheffield (as reported earlier this week) but also on the Manchester Metrolink system. The work on Metrolink is the … Continue reading →

The gradual return to service of long-term absentees on Manchester Metrolink has continued in recent days with not one but two of their ranks being used in service again. 3099 was the first to return to action and was followed … Continue reading →

Last year Leo Messi was used as part of a Hard Rock Café promotion which included a full vinyl wrap advert on Manchester Metrolink (and two adverts in Edinburgh as well). And now the Argentinean footballing superstar is back on … Continue reading →

Often before a new tramway, or even a new class of tram, is introduced the manufacturers of the trams produce a mock-up which allows the public to see what they may expect when services commence. Many of those mock-ups have … Continue reading →

We’ve seen recently that Edinburgh has had a lot of new adverts in quick succession and it looks like the bug has spread to Manchester as there have been three new adverts on Metrolink trams over the past week or … Continue reading →

Manchester Metrolink have confirmed that there will be a partial closure of the Eccles line between Saturday 15th July and Thursday 21st September to allow for the replacement of rail. No trams will be able to serve either Ladywell or … Continue reading →