No trams before 10am this Sunday in Tameside

Trams on the Ashton Metrolink line won’t run for much of Sunday morning while engineers complete work on infrastructure in Manchester city centre.

There will be no service to Tameside from the start of operations on Sunday, September 15 until around 10am. 

Metrolink tickets will be accepted on bus routes from Manchester to Ashton up until 11:30am, by when TfGM expect trams to be fully operational. 

All other lines will run, but won’t be able to pass through Victoria. 

“This is to allow for works on a pedestrian walkway between Corporation Street and Victoria,” said a statement from TfGM. “A bus replacement service will run between Victoria and Piccadilly.” 

Sunday morning’s routes are as follows: 

From start of service until 10am 

Altrincham – Exchange Square 
Bury – Victoria 
East Didsbury – Exchange Square 
Eccles – Deansgate-Castlefield (via MediaCityUK) 
Manchester Airport – Deansgate-Castlefield 
Rochdale Town Centre – Victoria 
The Trafford Centre – Cornbrook 

Trams will operate every 15 minutes. 

From 10am until end of service 

Altrincham – Bury (via Exchange Square) 
Ashton-under-Lyne – Crumpsall (via Piccadilly and Victoria) 
East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre (via Exchange Square) 
Eccles – Deansgate-Castlefield (via MediaCityUK) 
Etihad Campus – Victoria 
Manchester Airport – Deansgate-Castlefield 
The Trafford Centre – Cornbrook 

Trams will operate every 15 minutes, except the Altrincham to Bury service, which will operate every 7.5 minutes between 12.30pm and 7.30pm.