Friday 28 August: Metrolink services resume through St. Peters Square
Metrolink services will resume through St Peters Square from Friday 28 August, in time for the bank holiday weekend and Manchester Pride celebrations.
Tram services will run through the square in both directions on a new single line of track as work to build a brand new stop takes place nearby.
Trams will stop at St Peters Square when a much bigger, better stop opens close to the Cenotaph in autumn 2016.
There will be changes to services from Friday 28 August with trams running on the following routes:
Altrincham to Etihad Campus
Altrincham to Deansgate-Castlefield
Bury to Piccadilly
Bury to East Didsbury
Eccles-MediaCityUK to Piccadilly
Manchester Airport to Cornbrook
Rochdale to Ashton-under-Lyne
For more detailed information on service frequencies and hours of operation from 28 August, can be found on this link.
http://www.metrolink.co.uk/ServiceDisruptionsDocuments/SPS_Phase_2_service_info.pdf
Peter Cushing, Metrolink Director at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: Id like to thank our customers for their patience over the summer while weve worked to build this single line of track through the square.
It means we can keep trams running through the city getting people to work, shopping and events over the coming year while we build a brand new tram stop right alongside the new line.
Were pleased to be on track to get the work finished in time for the bank holiday and Manchester Pride celebrations, of which were a proud supporter.
The demolition of the old St Peters Square tram stop will make way for more public space for everyone to enjoy as part of the councils exciting flagship redevelopment of the square.