Danny Vaughan: Last News

There are severe delays across the Metrolink in Greater Manchester this morning due to icy weather.

Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram system is celebrating a Personal Best - recorded on the day of the Manchester Marathon.

Metrolink chiefs have clarified who is able to check tickets and bank cards for fare dodgers - after some passengers feared being scammed. Greater Manchester's transport bosses have ramped up their crackdown on fare evasion in recent months.

A trial of allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams will take place over six weeks from next month, transport bosses have revealed.

A new Metrolink service has been launched to help ferry football and music fans to and from the city centre.

A man was left covered in blood as violence erupted on a tram following the Manchester City and Huddersfield football match on Sunday (January 1).

A teenager suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a tram in Oldham town centre. The 19-year-old was taken to hospital after being knocked down at King Street Metrolink stop on Tuesday morning.

Undercover ticket inspectors have been deployed on trams in Greater Manchester as part of a crackdown on fare-dodging. Plain clothes officers have been inspected tickets on the Metrolink since September when new fines for fare evasion were introduced.

Metrolink trams will run until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays from later this month, transport bosses have announced.

Commuters could face another day of Metrolink disruption as work to repair damaged overhead lines continues.

He strolls along the platforms, wanders on the tracks, and laps up the attention of doting passengers. For years, charming black and white cat Batman has been patrolling the Chorlton Metrolink stop, receiving cuddles from travellers as they wait to catch their tram.

There are 'severe delays' on the Metrolink this morning with one line fully suspended due to a fault on the overhead line.

Passengers are set to face disruption on the Metrolink network until the end of November.

A shocking average of 242 incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour PER MONTH were reported on and around Greater Manchester's Metrolink network over the last 12 months, new figures reveal. That equates to an annual total of 2,904 - or around 60 reports every week.

Manchester Metrolink could run a trial allowing dogs on trams for the first time in their history.

Metrolink bosses can't rule out fare hikes and service cuts if the Government fails to continue emergency Covid funding when the pot runs out in March.

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Two city centre Metrolink stations are set to close for nine days in August while maintenance work takes place.The Market Street and Shudehill stops will close from Saturday, August 8 to Sunday, August 16.Services will not run between Victoria and Piccadilly Gardens while the closure is in place, but services between St Peter's Square and Piccadilly Gardens will continue.The work is set to take place on the corner of the High Street and Market Street, outside of Debenhams, but access to businesses will not be affeted.Transport for Greater Manchester’s Head of Metrolink Danny Vaughan said: “To minimise any impact on our customers, we will undertake these works before schools return fully in September and more and more people return to

Travel bosses have condemned a shocking attack on a teenage girl which left her screaming for her mum as she was beaten and robbed on a tram.

Metrolink bosses are in crunch talks on how the trams will run from next week - and whether the opening of the Trafford Park line should go ahead.