{"id":749298,"date":"2026-02-07T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/749298\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:13:11","slug":"metrolink-services-stopped-with-co-op-live-concertgoers-piling-onto-buses-as-car-blocks-tram-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/749298\/","title":{"rendered":"Metrolink services stopped with Co-op Live concertgoers piling onto buses as car blocks tram tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

No services are operating currently<\/p>\n

Packed buses en route to the Co Op Live after tram services were suspended on the Ashton line.(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Metrolink services on the Ashton line between Eccles and Ashton-under-Lyne have been suspended this evening (February 7) due to an obstruction on the line.<\/p>\n

The Bee Network said in a post on X that the closure was due to a car on the tracks at the Holt Town stop.<\/p>\n

The fault was first reported just after 7pm this evening.<\/p>\n

They confirmed that tickets and passes are being accepted on the 7, 53, 76, 76A, 76B, 171, 172, 216, 219, 220, 221, 230, and 231 bus services.<\/p>\n

It comes as Jason Derulo is set to play at the Co-op Live arena tonight, with the closest tram stop Etihad Campus on the Ashton<\/a> line.<\/p>\n

The M.E.N has been told by a concert goer that fans are having to ‘pile on’ to buses to get to the concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No services are operating currently Packed buses en route to the Co Op Live after tram services were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[1379,748,393,4884,2465,26383,760,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-749298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-ashton-and-mossley","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-metrolink","14":"tag-traffic-and-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116031653682751258","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}