Tram outages strand football fans and cause chaos across the city

Thousands of football fans faced being left stranded or forced to walk into the city centre just to get home on Tuesday evening due to a tram fault.

And many others didn't even make it to the match, which saw Manchester United take on Brighton, after their trams ground to a halt as they made their way to Old Trafford.

Transport for Greater Manchester confirmed that trams across the region would see changes or be completely suspended throughout Tuesday night due to a overhead line fault.

Shortly after, it was then announced that a 'major power loss in the Trafford area' was to blame for the disruption on various services.

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Issues across the network unfortunately hit less than hour before the match was set to kick off, at around 7.30pm.

A total of three Metrolink lines, the Altrincham, MediaCity UK and East Didsbury lines, had their services completely suspended.

Three other lines also saw routes part suspended and saw changes to services - the Manchester Airport, Eccles and Trafford Park lines.

Travellers were told they could use their tickets and passes on various local services, but were urged to walk if possible after they were told they could have been busier than normal.

Shortly after the issues started, which meant some people were forced to walk along the tracks, it was announced it was unlikely services would be restored fully until at least Wednesday morning, February 16.

Alex Cropper, Interim Head of Operations at TfGM, said: “First of all I would like to apologise to anyone whose journeys have been affected this evening.

“Due to a major power loss caused by an overhead line fault between Trafford Bar and Old Trafford a significant number of Metrolink lines are currently suspended or