The Altrincham - Piccadilly service has to be diverted, and the logical place to send it is Bury in place of the Bury - Piccadilly. A 6 minute Picc - Vic headway is provided by the Ashton - Crumpsall and Etihad - Vic services.
A broken span wire:
The mast to which the broken wire was anchored is on a strip of land (part of the old four track heavy rail alignment) that Lancashire Cricket Club has bought from TfGM. There is some construction work going on there, with heavy machinery on site.
But if, as suggested in this thread there's only going to be the regular 12 minute Bury-Altrincham service off-peak then they aren't being sent anywhere, they're just being cancelled. It looks like Bury is having its off-peak service cut in half.
The original plan included conversion of the ex-GC suburban lines in the SE quadrant of Greater Manchester. However, there seems to be a reluctance to progress connection of these lines to the existing network at Piccadilly, which would be relatively straightforward and does not require any construction within the city centre as they could be served by the trams that currently terminate at Piccadilly from Altrincham and Bury. In the meantime, 4 tram lines that require extensive street running and have many sharp curves that are very slow to negotiate have been built to serve other areas, for political reasons and with what I suspect were poorer business cases. These other routes are generally served only every 12 minutes by single cars and seem to be slower and less successful than the lines in the original plan that have been built.
They've spliced together footage from different trams to avoid repeating the same sections of track, up to that point it would have been an East Didsbury service. Notice the appearance of a bag and the wiper being parked in a different position.
I haven't watched it all but early on there's an announcement on the soundtrack "this is an Altrincham service" - perhaps a clue.
The Government's Network North document committed to electrification of the Hope Valley line and three fast trains per hour between Sheffield and Manchester, which as you say might well need the Reddish North line. Plans are also being developed for capacity enhancements of the Stockport line (Manchester Task Force Configuration State 4) to accommodate HS2 services to Piccadilly, now that HS2 Phase 2 has been cancelled. The Reddish North line will likely be needed as a diversionary route for the existing fast Sheffield services during work on the Stockport line. Furthermore, the HS2 cancellation has left plans for redevelopment of Piccadilly station, including the Metrolink stop, in a state of flux.
Some trams normally make that awful motor noise then?
I read it as when the Bury line gets a 6 min frequency now, during the times noted above, it will still get a 6 min frequency during the works, the difference being that they'll all go to Altrincham, rather than half to Piccadilly, half to Altrincham.
No, on Metrolink "peak" times are 07:00 - 20:00 M-F, 09:00 - 18:30 Sat.
Correct.
I think they did used to specifically refer to the Altrincham to Bury, MediaCityUk, and Shaw & Crompton services as peak services, though they now seem to be referred to as part day services on the TFGM website
I suggest you give them some feedback that the service pattern list ought to spell out the operating hours rather than using the ambiguous phrase "peak-time only".
It's for travel between the outer South Manchester boroughs without going through the city centre.
I believe the passive provision for the tram stop is on the west side of the Interchange building, in the location currently occupied by bus stand S on Swaine Street.
"Updates" is a totally meaningless word much loved by politicians of all hues....Announcement regarding Metrolink expansion in early June according to Burnham. Little detail in the article.
Andy Burnham gives updates on TWO new tram lines in Greater Manchester
Mr Burnham added a formal announcement on the future of the Metrolink will be made in early Junewww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Isn't life wonderful when the fact that T N Robinson Limited who have been trading for 102 years, serving trade and private clients with a wide range of electrical products and situated in the town centre, who some people think that means nothing when saying things like "having to move away to make space"...
