Piccadilly gardens tram stop is now closed for two months


Piccadilly gardens tram stop is now closed for two months

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IT'S PART OF MAJOR WORKS TO THE TRAM LINE 20:53, 03 Jun 2025 The tram stop at Piccadilly Gardens is to be closed for two months for major track works to take place, it has been


announced. The station, off Portland Street in Manchester city centre, will be closed from June 3 until the end of service on August 10 while sections of the old tram track are replaced. No


tram services will run via Piccadilly Gardens during the two-month period, which experiences around 300 tram movements every day due to the volume of services. _JOIN THE MANCHESTER EVENING


NEWS WHATSAPP GROUP _HERE The project is the largest in a coordinated series of track renewals, and has been planned for the summer as it is outside of the football season and also partly


falls within the school holidays, when the tram network is less busy, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said. Trams on the Altrincham and Bury lines won’t serve Piccadilly Gardens or


Piccadilly. Services will instead run between Altrincham and Bury via Market Street. Article continues below All trams from Ashton and Etihad Campus will terminate at Piccadilly, while


Eccles services will run to Victoria via Market Street. The MediaCityUK to Etihad Campus peak time service will also not run during the works, with extra double trams on the Eccles to


Victoria via MediaCityUK service. Ian Davies, TfGM’s Network Director for Metrolink, said: “This is a major piece of our coordinated package of track replacement works which will see a £147m


investment in the network up to 2027. “Metrolink forms a key part of the Bee Network and, as the country’s largest light rail network, carried 46 million passenger journeys last year alone.


“It plays a vital role in keeping Greater Manchester moving, supporting economic growth and connecting people to jobs, education and opportunity. That is why it’s so important to


continually invest in the network to keep it safe, reliable and accessible for years to come. “We’re doing everything we can to minimise disruption to people’s journeys - and I’d also like


to reassure people that we have detailed plans in place to manage the big events coming up during this summer’s big events.” More details about the closure and plans can be found here. ---


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