It seems that some motorists in Greater Manchester are never going to get the hang of reserved tram track as another car got stuck on the tracks at Barlow Moor Road on Friday 31st July causing delays for Metrolink services once again. The car managed to find its way on the tracks shortly before 1300 leading to all services between Cornbrook and Manchester Airport being suspended for almost an hour and a half as the vehicle was removed.\u00a0 Photos on the Manchester Evening News website show that the car managed to get some way along the reserved track passing several No Entry signs on posts and also the \u201cTram Only\u201d lettering on the road surface.<\/p>\n
In other news from Manchester Metrolink the start of the school holidays has seen an increase in the number of reports of stone throwing incidents with the Oldham, East Didsbury and Airport lines all being targeted. Over a three day period during the first week of the school holidays five trams had to be taken out of service when struck by stones between Failsworth and Hollinwood. The disappointing thing about these incidents is that it has been discovered that the individuals involved are all aged between 10 and 13. The Police will be visiting the parents of these youths so hopefully this will be a stop to at least these children throwing objects at trams.<\/p>\n
A further incident also took place near Chorlton when a brick was thrown through a window of a double tram causing damage although fortunately no injuries were reported although that is probably down to more luck than anything else. And there are still a long four weeks left of the summer holidays\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It seems that some motorists in Greater Manchester are never going to get the hang of reserved tram track as another car got stuck on the tracks at Barlow Moor Road on Friday 31st July causing delays for Metrolink services … Continue reading