Category Archives: Manchester Metrolink

Further work in the Cornbrook area on Sunday 21 July will see more disruption to services on Manchester Metrolink. No trams will run at all on this day from Altrincham to Piccadilly, Eccles to Piccadilly or from Rochdale Railway Station … Continue reading →

The latest statistics on how Manchester Metrolink has been performing recently have now been released on the TfGM Committee website. These statistics give details on the performance of the service, any major incidents, trams out of service and the number … Continue reading →

The past few months may have been quiet on the Manchester Metrolink extensions front but there will shortly be more action as commissioning and testing of the East Manchester line between the current terminus of Droylsden and Ashton-under-Lyne gets underway … Continue reading →

3051 has become the latest M5000 to enter passenger service on Manchester Metrolink meaning that there are currently 56 of the trams available to operate on the network. Whilst 3051 has entered service the latest examples have been delivered to … Continue reading →

A 27 year old man has been banned for driving for 15 months and fined £110 with £85 costs and a £20 surcharge after getting his car stuck on the Metrolink tracks at Great Ancoats Street on 26 June. The … Continue reading →

Work is to be undertaken from this coming weekend (Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July) at Cornbrook Junction to install the equipment to allow the Tram Management System (TMS) to be switched on to allow more frequent services to run … Continue reading →

More engineering works take place in Manchester city centre on Sunday 7 July with no trams running on Metrolink between Central Park and Manchester city centre and Crumpsall and Manchester city centre all day. In addition the line between Altrincham … Continue reading →

Services were suspended for around two hours between Oldham Mumps and Rochdale Railway Station on Monday 1 July during the morning peak after a double M5000 had problems at Derker. It was reported that there was a problem with the … Continue reading →

It looks like the proposed extension of Manchester Metrolink to the Trafford Centre may be about to get the go-ahead with funding coming through the “Earnback” scheme. The Metrolink extension is one of two transport schemes which Greater Manchester’s Local … Continue reading →

Further engineering works in the Victoria area will see more disruption to Manchester Metrolink services on Sunday 30 June whilst trams will also be suspended between Timperley and Altrincham until 0830. The works at Victoria will see trams unable to … Continue reading →

Greater Manchester Police have released an image of a man they want in connection with the assault of a ticket inspector at Trafford Bar back on 21 April 2013. The incident occurred when the ticket inspector approached two men at … Continue reading →

Services on Manchester Metrolink suffered severe delays during the morning rush hour on Friday 21 June after a road-rail vehicle derailed at the entrance to Queens Road depot preventing trams from leaving to form the days service. The incident happened … Continue reading →

Work is continuing to progress on the construction of the Manchester Metrolink extension in Rochdale town centre with some traffic diversions being put into place from Monday 24 June. Traffic islands are due to be constructed in Moore Street (near … Continue reading →

Another Sunday, another day of disruption for Metrolink services through Victoria. There will be no trams all day between Crumpsall and Piccadilly and from Central Park to Piccadilly with replacement buses running instead. In addition trams will not run between … Continue reading →

Next year will see the introduction of “get me there”, the new smart ticketing system on public transport in Greater Manchester it has been confirmed. The new system will be introduced in stages from 2014 with Metrolink planned to be … Continue reading →

There will be changes to Manchester Metrolink services on Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19, Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June due to a Robbie Williams concert taking place at the Etihad Stadium. From 1400 on each day the MediaCityUK service will … Continue reading →

There are now more T68/T68As withdrawn than there are in service in Manchester following the withdrawal of 1014. 1014 has actually been out of service for a couple of weeks with a traction fault but has now been officially withdrawn … Continue reading →

There will be no trams between Bury and Victoria on Saturday 15 June and between Bury and Piccadilly and Central Park and Piccadilly on Sunday 16 June because of further engineering works. Replacement bus services will again be put into … Continue reading →

The UK’s largest fleet of trams has just got bigger with the introduction of M5000 3056 to the operational ranks of Manchester Metrolink. 3056 carried passengers for the first time on Saturday 8 June. Although 57 of the M5000s have … Continue reading →

It had to happen didn’t it? On the weekend that Manchester Metrolink had already said would be their busiest ever there were delays after a taxi was involved in a collision with T68 1016 (working as a double unit on … Continue reading →