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    Tramway running again a month after theft of wires

    Nov 19, 2019 2 minutes
    By Robin Jones
    KEITH WHITMORE
    HPT

    THE Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, formally reopened the city’s Heaton Park Tramway after a marathon industry-wide effort replaced overhead wires that had been stolen on September 24.

    Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), Keolis Amey Metrolink and Pod-Trak rallied round to install replacement wiring in time for the reopening ceremony on

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