Track replacement work will be carried out at Weaste tram stop next month as this year’s programme of continuing improvements to the Metrolink network gets under way.
The work – scheduled to take place from Saturday, 1 February until Tuesday, 25 February – means no trams will run between Eccles and MediaCityUK during this time. Trams will continue to operate from Manchester city centre to MediaCityUK as normal.
A bus replacement service will run between the affected stops, although passengers may find it faster or cheaper to catch one of the frequent Bee Network buses that call along the route.
The work is part of a planned £147m package to maintain, upgrade and improve the Metrolink network up to 2027.
Further track works are planned for various city centre locations later this year.
Ian Davies, TfGM’s Interim Network Director for Metrolink, said: “The works at Weaste tram stop are essential to ensure that services on the Eccles line remain safe and reliable for the thousands of journeys people make on it every day.
“As always, we are working hard to keep any disruption to an absolute minimum, including the provision of replacement buses for our passengers.
