{"id":47248,"date":"2022-11-29T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47248"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:31:07","slug":"in-pictures-rail-replacement-works-in-piccadilly-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47248","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Rail replacement works in Piccadilly Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The delayed rail replacement works in Piccadilly Gardens have been taking place over the past week which upon completion should see the return of a normal service on Manchester Metrolink \u2013 the first time since mid-July that we\u2019ll have been able to say that (and ignoring the fact that the additional service on the Ashton line has yet to resume). The work has been taking place on the delta junction concentrating on the track which leads to Piccadilly Gardens tramstop and thus allowing trams to continue operating on 1CC between St Peter\u2019s Square and Market Street.<\/p>\n

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The work had originally been due to take place in October but with delays in the procurement of the track needed for the engineering possession it had to be pushed back until November. This delay meant that the decision was taken to run a revised service which saw trams from Ashton diverted to run to Crumpsall with all trams between Bury and Altrincham running direct instead of alternate trams from either terminus heading to Piccadilly.<\/p>\n

Work managed to get underway on Tuesday 22nd<\/sup> November and is scheduled to be completed by the end of Tuesday 29th<\/sup> November, allowing a full service to resume from the start of Wednesday 30th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n

During the works the following service alterations are in place:<\/p>\n