Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

Manchester Metrolink services between MediaCityUK and Eccles were suspended from the afternoon of Friday 18th July after an issue with the overhead line.

Over 80,000 journeys were made on both trams and shuttle buses to get to the first two nights of Oasis’ homecoming gigs at Heaton Park on 11th and 12th July 2025 – around 30% of all journeys made to get … Continue reading →

Major work, which has seen the Manchester Metrolink line between Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly closed since the start of June, is continuing with contractors set to move on to the next stage of work which will see traffic management measures … Continue reading →

This summer we’ve already seen warnings in Nottingham about youths risking their lives by hanging onto moving trams and now as part of a crackdown in Manchester, eight people have been arrested after being caught riding on coupling units on … Continue reading →

There is currently major trackwork taking place on Manchester Metrolink with a two month closure of the line between Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly. This is seeing new track laid in Piccadilly Gardens and on Aytoun Street, two areas which usually … Continue reading →

The time is almost here as Oasis comeback tour returns home with a series of concerts taking place at Heaton Park. And as well as a special transport plan in place by TfGM, there will be a series of four … Continue reading →

After a little over three months Manchester Metrolink 3102 has received a new advert with jewellery retailer Bohomoon taking out a new contract to advertise on the tram.

As part of the continued investment in maintaining and improving the Manchester Metrolink another week long line closure has been announced for early August. This time the work will be taking place at Pomona and on the Eccles line which … Continue reading →

You may have heard but this summer sees comeback concerts by Oasis at various places across the UK. This will include both Edinburgh and Manchester where trams will play a major role in transporting people to attend the gigs. To … Continue reading →

Most of the time when a tram is chosen to receive an advertising livery it appears pretty random, and then there are times like we’ve just seen on Manchester Metrolink. With franchise cricket tournament The Hundred taking out a contract … Continue reading →

In the scheme of lengthy periods out of service on Manchester Metrolink a year isn’t a long time (when you compare it with the six years of 3027 when it returned to action earlier this year!) but mid-June has seen … Continue reading →

In addition to the ongoing major work taking place in Manchester City Centre, Transport for Greater Manchester have confirmed that there will be emergency works at Deansgate-Castlefield on Sunday 29th June 2025 impacting services going through this stop.

The past few days have seen lots of new adverts appear on the Manchester Metrolink system with no fewer than four trams making their debuts with new vinyls on Monday 23rd June 2025. The latest trams to get adverts are … Continue reading →

Prestwich Arts Festival, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), Keolis Amey Metrolink (KAM) and the Creative Living Centre (CLC) have joined forces with artists, Oskar with a K and Tracey Cartledge, to showcase a vibrant new mural at Prestwich Metrolink station.

There have been a number of livery changes on Manchester Metrolink again with probably the most significant being the application of this year’s Pride livery on 3002. Elsewhere in Manchester there have been wraps removed on a couple of trams … Continue reading →

Another advert change in Manchester as 3075 is back in yellow and silver with the vinyls for the National Trust Blossom Watch campaign having been removed in early June 2025.