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Category: Travel Alerts

Build starts on St Peter’s Square tram platform

A 90-tonne crane swung into action this week at St Peter’s Square to install the new Metrolink platform. The tram stop is being completely rebuilt as part of the £165...

M60 delays at Eccles after three-car smash

Drivers are experiencing delays heading into Friday night’s rush-hour after three cars collided on the M60. Police were forced to close one lane of the clockwise...

Youth hurt in hit and run near Salford Royal hospital

A young man was hit by a car which failed to stop near Salford Royal hospital today. A passing private ambulance witnessed the incident and managed to attend to the lad,...

Accident waiting to happen as traffic lights out in Eccles

A set of traffic lights is out in the middle of Eccles town centre. The lights went out at the three-way junction of Corporation Road and Barton Lane at around 5pm last...

Night Bus Party Protest to show First how it’s done

Revellers will be donning party hats and banging out the tunes for an unusual three-hour protest against the cutting of late-night bus services. From midnight on...

Free overnight parking at Ladywell Metrolink extended

Transport bosses will extend a trial to summer 2016 to allow free overnight parking for tram customers at Ladywell Metrolink stop. Park & Ride restrictions were...

Travel advice for bus priority works on Portland Street in Manchester city centre

The ongoing transformation of Manchester’s transport network will see improvements made to the Portland Street area of the city next week. From Tuesday 29 to Thursday...

Salford Central and Manchester Victoria closed until 4 April

Manchester Victoria and Salford Central stations will be closed for the next 11 days. Network Rail ordered the closure, to start after tonight’s final service, to...

M60 lorry crash: Driver cut free from cab, lanes closed, long delays

Drivers are being warned to expect long delays on the M60 after two lorries and a Range Rover collided near Worsley. The North West Air Ambulance was scrambled to the...

‘I’m not from Manchester’: Dodgy driver’s M602 excuse falls on deaf ears

A van driver pulled over by police in Salford protested his innocence for a motoring offence with the excuse “I’m not from Manchester”. The Londoner...