Major works underway as Metrolink stops out of service for NINE WEEKS

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Major works are underway on a Metrolink line which will be closed to passengers for more than nine weeks. Engineers are currently working between the Eccles and Weaste tram stops, in Salford.

It's part of major track renewal work which began on Saturday (July 15) and is expected to last until Wednesday, September 20.

No services will run between Eccles and Weaste while the work takes place, with the line due to reopen in full on Thursday, September 21.

Three days on from the work beginning, Metrolink bosses have released photos showing the progress made so far. Part of Eccles New Road is closed to drivers and fenced off while the work takes place. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Metrolink says the 'essential' work will see 1,700 metres of worn rails be replaced to keep the line safe for passengers, and that it was 'not feasible' to delay the work.