Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

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 →

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 →