Repairs were done over the recent major closure of the Metrolink over summer 2026, including a location on the Eccles Line between Salford Quays and Anchorage…

On 15 and 16 August 2026, works took place at Manchester Town Hall. This meant that the 2CC section of the City Lines on the Metrolink closed for the weekend…

On 4 July 2026, a new feature appeared on the Bee Network app relating to the Starling Bank Bikes (or Beryl bikes) available to hire in certain places around Manchester…

On the approach to Droylsden at 12:42, the front of the tram collided with the right-hand rear side of a car attempting to merge into eastbound traffic on the A662…

On 29 July 2026, a project began to replace eight ageing lifts across the Metrolink network in poor condition, £1.7 million will fund this project over nine months…

On 7 June and 12 July 2026, further full closures of the Rochdale Line happened after the recent major two-week closure. I captured some further works happening…

On Sunday 12 July 2026, an overhead line fault occurred near St Werburgh’s Road, affecting services towards and coming from East Didsbury and Manchester Airport for several hours…

Once again, the heatwave struck the same points machinery for a second day in a row (Thursday 9 July 2026) when another message appeared on the TfGM website…

A mural has been painted at Queens Road Metrolink by The Mural Masters, featuring an old Manchester Corporation tram and other transport-related vehicles. This comes along with…

At around 15:45, a driver identified that something had gotten stuck on the underside of the tram. This disrupted tram services for around 35 minutes whilst workers made their way…

I took a look at the track renewals happening on the Rochdale Line between 16-29 May. Trams have been running at reduced speed in places…

Metrolink tram 3022 stands still at Manchester Victoria as a symbol to remember the day of 22 May 2017. A speech is held at the memorial whilst the Metrolink network stands still…

Tram 3046 leading 3060 reached the track crossing for pedestrians… A loud bang was heard when the double tram was about halfway up the platform. There were staff members…

13 December 2013 saw the final trams to Woodlands Road tram stop in Manchester… a look at the tram stop’s history and why the final tram wasn’t supposed to be the final tram.

Some road vehicles decided to risk using the other lane… There are also poor sightlines here, which made the move increasingly unsafe, but many road vehicle drivers did this…

Here’s the length of every Manchester Metrolink platform recorded and documented.

The track layout at Victoria, especially referring to Victoria south (VIC) means that trams cannot operate efficiently under the current signalling system past a certain…

Summary of Rochdale Line works which happened on the Manchester Metrolink on 22 March 2026. No track renewals took place, only equipment was moved into place…

At around 06:08, a tram failure near Anchorage was reported on the Bee Network website. The tram had taken out the overhead lines on the Furness Quay ramp south of…

Starting in mid-January 2026, new TravelSafe stickers have appeared on Bee Network buses and Metrolink trams enabling GMP to contact you via live chat if safety…