{"id":45489,"date":"2022-06-23T20:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45489"},"modified":"2022-06-23T20:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:01:49","slug":"another-three-month-closure-for-the-eccles-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45489","title":{"rendered":"Another three month closure for the Eccles line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who rely on Manchester Metrolink\u2019s Eccles line are set to be hit by another three month closure later this year with Transport for Greater Manchester confirming the third phase of rail replacement works this year. Trams will not run between MediaCityUK and Eccles from Saturday 16<sup>th<\/sup> July and Friday 21<sup>st<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The work due to take place this time will see the replacement of worn rails in a number of locations and is essential maintenance as part of Metrolink\u2019s planned track renewal programme.<\/p>\n<p>The final trams to Eccles will run on Friday 15<sup>th<\/sup> July with the full line due to reopen on Saturday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n<p>During the closure there will be the usual bus replacement services from MediaCityUK to Eccles serving the stops at Broadway, Langworthy, Weaste and Ladywell. Trams will continue to run from MediaCityUK into Manchester City Centre and on to Ashton-under-Lyne.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More details at <a href=\"https:\/\/tfgm.com\/eccles-line\">https:\/\/tfgm.com\/eccles-line<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who rely on Manchester Metrolink\u2019s Eccles line are set to be hit by another three month closure later this year with Transport for Greater Manchester confirming the third phase of rail replacement works this year. Trams will not run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45489\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45490,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45489\/revisions\/45490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}