All Metrolink services back to normal following 'catastrophic' incident

All Metrolink services are back up and running following days of disruption.

Bosses issued an apology yesterday after a 'pretty catastrophic' issue on the overhead line caused cancellations and delays on multiple tram lines. The line came down near Victoria station at 'the worst possible time' on Sunday, while festival goers were partying at Parklife and football fans prepared for Soccer Aid at Old Trafford.

This morning, Metrolink said all repair work had now been completed. Services on the Bury and Rochdale lines, which have been disrupted since Sunday, are back to normal.

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Services are also back to normal on the Airport, East Didsbury and Trafford Park lines. Bosses apologised for the disruption again this morning.

A tweet posted by Metrolink said: "Work to repair damaged overhead lines has been completed. A full service will operate on the Bury & Rochdale lines this morning. Airport, East Didsbury & Trafford Park lines will also return to their normal start/end points. We apologise to any customers who have been affected."

Yesterday, head of Metrolink Danny Vaughan told the Manchester Evening News he was 'very sorry' to passengers who have faced disruption. "It has been a very, very complicated repair, which we're not quite through yet," he said.

"But we're aiming to get a full service back up on Thursday morning. It is not the norm. I'm pretty confident that we've done works last year and this year which will see reliability grow and our reliability performance numbers do prove that this is not the norm, but I definitely apologise to passengers who have been affected this week."

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