A tram at a stop in Nantes
 
 
The £147M programme to maintain, upgrade and improve Manchester’s Metrolink tramway network will run from 3 June to 10 August, involving track replacement between Piccadilly Station and Piccadilly Gardens. No tram services will run via Piccadilly Gardens during this time, removing 300 tram movements/day. The work is being carried out during the summer to avoid the football season and maximise the time available during the school holidays. Trams will run between Altrincham and Bury via Market Street. trams from Ashton-under-Lyme will terminate at Piccadilly Station with a free accessible bus service available to reach St Peter’s Square, Deansgate Castlefield or Victoria Station. Eccles service will run to Victoria via Market Street. There will be no MediaCity to Etihad Campus peak time service, but multiple-unit trams will be used on the Eccles–Victoria service to boost alternative capacity. 
 
Ian Davies, Transport for Greater manchester’s Network Director for Metrolink said, 'This is a major piece of our coordinated package of track replacement works which will see a £147m investment in the network up to 2027. Metrolink forms a key part of the Bee Network and, as the country’s largest light rail network, carried 46 million passenger journeys last year alone. It plays a vital role in keeping Greater Manchester moving, supporting economic growth and connecting people to jobs, education and opportunity. That is why it’s so important to continually invest in the network to keep it safe, reliable and accessible for years to come. We’re doing everything we can to minimise disruption to people’s journeys - and I’d also like to reassure people that we have detailed plans in place to manage the big events coming up during this summer’s big events’. 
 
 
The first Alstom Citadis to enter service in Nantes. (R. Boulanger
Piccadilly gardens is normally a key interchange on Manchester Metrolink. (M. R. Taplin) 
 
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