To coincide with World Mental Health Day 2026, 8,000 books were placed on trams and at bus interchanges across Manchester. This was part of a campaign called Take 10 to Read…

On Friday 2 October 2026 at 18:59 BST, an incident was announced on the Bee Network website and on the app that a double tram (fleet no. 3026/3055) had failed to start at Market Street…

The Piccadilly Gardens delta - Piccadilly section of the Metrolink was closed again over a few days. Monitoring and testing will be required for this section in around a month’s time…

On 28 September 2026 at around 15:34 BST, a points failure was announced to have occurred at Piccadilly tram stop. This incident happened alongside improvement works…

The new Metrolink service changes taking effect on Monday 14 September 2026 mean that the Eccles Line regains its peak services and has increased capacity. Other route changes happened as well…

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…