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Piccadilly Gardens service change

Due to a delay in track repairs at Piccadilly Gardens, and to ensure the continued and safe operation of services, there will be a temporary change to some Metrolink services from Monday 24 October. The change will last until work can take place at the end of November.

The following changes will be made:

Bury and Altrincham services will not operate into Piccadilly Station.
Instead, these services will operate from Bury to Altrincham via Market Street.
These will run at a 6-minute frequency from 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 6.30pm on Saturdays. Outside of these times, services will operate every 12 minutes.
Ashton services will operate to Crumpsall via Victoria Station.
These will run at a 12-minute frequency at all times.
Passengers on the Bury and Altrincham lines will be able to connect to this service to travel to Piccadilly Station.
Eccles services will operate to Deansgate-Castlefield.
These will run at a 12-minute frequency at all times.
As there will not be a direct connection between Piccadilly Station and Deansgate-Castlefield, a Metrolink replacement bus service will operate.
Rail services between Piccadilly Station and Deansgate-Castlefield stations can also be used for this connection.

I have received information regarding change of Metrolink services from 24th October, until further notice.

Services on the Bury line will operate Bury to Altrincham only, with no direct services between Bury and Picc.

The document states this will only be the case for ‘hopefully’ ‘a few months’.

Services to Piccadilly will run from Crumpsall, meaning a change for anyone travelling there.

Just a heads up for any commuters who I’m sure will be annoyed by this rather stupid decision by Metrolink.

https://youtu.be/8bOdzmtPlUo

Metrolink Engineering Works 14-19/8/2022. Replacement Buses, Unusually Routed Trams and Track Works!

Manchester Metrolink 🚊 😷 on Twitter “🚈 Travelling on the Eccles line? 🛠️ With essential maintenance underway, we now have live tracking information for you to plan your journey around the replacement buses. Plan ahead and take a look: 👉 https://t.co/7mTcCw5cFn”