Eccles tram line set to reopen after month-long closure for 'critical' works

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Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city The Eccles Metrolink line is set to reopen following a month-long closure.

The tram route was closed on July 19 to allow engineers to fix two sections of track, a project that was initially set to take two weeks.

However, having taken a closer look at the state of the tracks, experts decided that the concrete around the line - which had been there for more than 20 years - needed to be relaid. READ MORE: Man rushed to hospital with 'serious injuries' after car collides with pedestrian The condition of the concrete was only visible once the rails had been removed and engineers concluded at that point that there was no other option than to carry out