METROLINK services will start running on a new line through St Peter’s Square from Friday (August 28), as work continues on the multi-million pound construction of a brand new tram stop.
But trams won't stop at St Peter's Square until autumn 2016, when the refurbishment is completed.
From Friday 28 August Metrolink will run along the following routes:
• Altrincham to Etihad Campus
•Altrincham to Deansgate-Castlefield
•Bury to Piccadilly
•Bury to East Didsbury
•Eccles-MediaCityUK to Deansgate-Castlefield
•Rochdale to Ashton-under-Lyne
•Manchester Airport to Cornbrook
More detailed information is now available at metrolink.co.uk.
Peter Cushing, Metrolink Director at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: “I’d like to thank our customers for their patience over the summer while we’ve worked to build this single line of track through the square."
No trams have run through St Peter’s Square since June 28 during the first phase of construction work, and a similar closure will take place in summer 2016 for final works before the new, expanded Metrolink stop opens close to the Cenotaph.
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