Get your travel plan sorted for the big weekend
This weekend looks set to be one of the busiest of the year in Greater Manchester with more than 100,000 people expected to attend high profile music and sports events in the city.
Whitefield park and ride facility set to re-open
The expanded park and ride at Whitefield Metrolink stop is set to reopen next week.
Wi-Fi tram test-trial on track for Metrolink
Free internet access is now being provided on a Metrolink tram in a technology trial that could lead to the entire fleet becoming on-the-move Wi-Fi zones.
Bury Metrolink park and ride facilities to be expanded
Parking capacity will be significantly expanded at park and ride facilities in Radcliffe and Whitefield after Bury Council’s Planning Committee approved two applications from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
Changes to weekend Metrolink services
Replacement bus services will run between some Metrolink stops this weekend as work continues on essential network improvements.
Metrolink gears up for Robbie Williams
Metrolink passengers are being advised to allow extra time for peak-time evening journeys this week as this as the Etihad hosts its biggest non-football events yet.
Weekend engineering work on Metrolink
Metrolink passengers are advised that some services will be affected by essential engineering works this weekend (Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June).
Metrolink’s big weekend
Metrolink is getting ready for its busiest ever weekend, with around 150,000 people expected to attend events across the tram network on 8 and 9 June.
All change for Manchester Victoria Metrolink stop
The major, multi-million pound refurbishment of Manchester Victoria will see the station’s Metrolink stop dramatically improved. In parallel with the station’s transformation, the Metrolink stop will be completely redesigned to provide new platforms to increase capacity and allow more trams through Victoria in light of the additional services coming on to the network in future
Metrolink Access Guide published
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has published an access guide for using Metrolink trams.
Local Link transport boost for Hollins and Unsworth
A new transport service will start running in Hollins and Unsworth this week, after Transport for Greater Manchester stepped in to fund and provide the ‘Local Link’.
