Following damage to overhead Metrolink lines in Manchester City Centre, near to the Deansgate-Castlefield stop earlier today, repairs have now been completed and services will be resuming as normal on Wednesday morning.
TfGM’s Interim Director for Metrolink, Ian Davies, said:
“First of all I’d like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the damage to the overhead lines today.
“Specialist engineers have been working hard on site throughout the day to repair the damage as quickly as possible and get the network back up and running.
“The incident was caused by a damaged pantograph — the part that connects the tram to the overhead line, which in turn damaged the wires and triggered a safety shutdown.
“Engineers repaired the damage and will be sending recovered parts away for technical investigation.
“Repairs have now been completed, but tram services will remain affected for the remainder of the evening, while the damaged tram is recovered and the lines are tested, and I would advise all passengers to check for the latest travel updates before they travel.
“However all Metrolink services will be operating as normal from first thing tomorrow morning (Wednesday).
‘A full investigation into the root cause of the issue will be carried out and I would like to thank all of our customers for their patience.”
