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No trams to run through major Manchester city centre station this weekend

Guess what?... Disruption is expected.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 2nd October 2024

Arguably Manchester city centre’s most important tram stop is set to be out of action this weekend, with no services running through it.

In what is another part of Transport for Greater Manchester‘s (TfGM) ongoing programme of works intended to “maintain and improve” the Metrolink system and ensure tram journeys in Greater Manchester remain “safe, reliable, and accessible”, it’s been confirmed that no trams will run through Cornbrook this weekend.

Due to this, there will be a change to operating patterns across the majority of the Metrolink network on both Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October.

As is often the case in instances like these, disruption to passengers is expected.

On Saturday (5 October), the tram service pattern will change to Altrincham – Old Trafford, Bury – Ashton-under-Lyne, East Didsbury – Firswood, Etihad Campus – Bury (peak time only) / Victoria (after peak only), Manchester Airport – Firswood, Rochdale Town Centre – Deansgate-Castlefield (via Exchange Square), and The Trafford Centre – Wharfside.

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Similarly, on Sunday (6 October), the only difference to the above service pattern is that the Etihad Campus tram will only run to Victoria, not Bury.

Services will operate every 12 minutes, except for on the Eccles line, where no trams will run at all.

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TfGM is also warning that there may be changes to the first and last tram times during these works, but, in bid to help people still get to their destinations, three bus replacement services will operate from Firswood to Victoria, Old Trafford to Piccadilly, and Eccles to Piccadilly.

No trams will run through major Manchester city centre station Cornbrook this weekend / Credit: TfGM

The Old Trafford to Piccadilly bus service will run through Wharfside, while the Eccles to Piccadilly will travel via MediaCity.

“These works are a vitally important part of maintaining a safe and reliable network for all our customers,” explained

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Ian Davies, who is TfGM’s Interim Network Director for Metrolink, said these works are “a vitally important part” of maintaining the Metrolink, and that work has been scheduled by TfGM to “minimise disruption to passengers and residents as much as possible”.

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“I’d encourage passengers to plan journeys and leave plenty of time to reach events over the weekend,” he concluded.

You can find more information on the TfGM website here.

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