Manchester Metrolink will resume services through St Peter\u2019s Square from Friday 28th August following the completion of the first stage of the major transformation works. The past two months have seen all services through this key area of the network cancelled following the start of the works in connection with the Second City Crossing but with the first part of these now completed it will be possible for trams to once again pass through although they will still not be stopping for a further year.<\/p>\n
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Since Sunday 28th June services from the south of the city have been terminating at either Cornbrook or Deansgate-Castlefield with services from the other side of the worksite being diverted into or beyond Piccadilly. Replacement bus services and specially signed walking routes have been in place for passengers during this period but from Friday 28th August it will be all change with tram services resuming. Metrolink have again pushed shuffle on the where the trams will run and have announced that the following services will operate:<\/p>\n
Altrincham to Etihad Campus<\/p>\n
Altrincham to Deansgate-Castlefield<\/p>\n
Bury to Piccadilly<\/p>\n
Bury to East Didsbury<\/p>\n
Eccles to Deansgate-Castlefield via MediaCityUK<\/p>\n
Rochdale to Ashton-under-Lyne<\/p>\n
Manchester Airport to Cornbrook<\/p>\n
This service pattern will be in place for approximately a year before a further full closure of the tramway through St Peter\u2019s Square in summer 2016. This will last for eight weeks before finally in September 2016 a full service will resume. The works at St Peter\u2019s Square will see two island platforms constructed \u2013 one on the current city centre crossing and one on the new Second City Crossing \u2013 with the stop being the only one on the network to have separate platforms for the two city centre routes.<\/p>\n
Peter Cushing, Metrolink Director at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: \u201cI\u2019d like to thank our customers for their patience over the summer while we\u2019ve worked to build this single line of track through the square. It means we can keep trams running through the city \u2013 getting people to work, shopping and events over the coming year \u2013 while we build a brand new tram stop right alongside the new line. We\u2019re pleased to be on track to get the work finished in time for the bank holiday and Manchester Pride celebrations, of which we\u2019re a proud supporter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manchester Metrolink will resume services through St Peter\u2019s Square from Friday 28th August following the completion of the first stage of the major transformation works. The past two months have seen all services through this key area of the network … Continue reading