Passengers who use Manchester Metrolink’s Eccles line are being urged to check before they travel next month as the first set of improvement works for 2025 get underway at Weaste. The work will be taking place between Saturday 1st and Tuesday 25th February and will mean there are no trams running between Eccles and MediaCityUK.
Ian Davies, TfGM’s Interim Network Director for Metrolink, commented: “The works at Weaste tram stop are essential to ensure that services on the Eccles line remain safe and reliable for the thousands of journeys people make on it every day.
“As always, we are working hard to keep any disruption to an absolute minimum, including the provision of replacement buses for our passengers. Metrolink is the biggest light rail system in the country, so it’s critically important we keep investing in the network and making sure it remains a safe, reliable and accessible way to get around Greater Manchester well into the future.
“While this essential work at Weaste is ongoing, I would encourage people to plan ahead and check our website or the Bee Network app for the latest travel information before setting off.”
From Saturday 1st until Tuesday 25th February the following revised tram services will run:
- Ashton-under-Lyne to MediaCityUK
- Etihad Campus to MediaCityUK (peak time only)
A replacement bus service will operate between MediaCityUK and Eccles with Metrolink tickets valid on this service. Whilst there are also Bee Network bus services which operate in the affected area Metrolink tickets will not be accepted on these.
The work is part of a planned £147 million package to maintain, upgrade, and improve the Metrolink network up until 2027. This is funded through the government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement which saw £20 million invested in major track works last year including at Piccadilly Gardens, London Road and Market Street.
There are further works planned for later in the year across Manchester City Centre.
- Details of the planned service changes during this work can be found at https://tfgm.com/tram-improvement-works/eccles-line-works-feb-2025