Full list of bus and tram changes following Piccadilly Gardens crash

A crash between a tram and bus has caused rush hour chaos in the Manchester city centre. Emergency services have flooded to Piccadilly Gardens in response to the ongoing incident.

According to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, specialist equipment is being used to rescue someone from the bus. Road closures are in place and Metrolink services between Victoria and Piccadilly Gardens have been suspended following the smash.

An air ambulance has landed on the grass area of the main city centre square after a bus and tram appear to have collided. The crash occurred outside Betfred and Primark at the top of Mosley Street.

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Firefighters, road ambulances and police cars are all also at the scene. Images and footage of Piccadilly Gardens shows the tram and bus have been taped off to the general public.

As a result, there is severe disruption on the tram and bus network across the city centre.

Piccadilly Gardens is busy with pedestrians and many people around the bus stops just across from the collision, on Parker Street.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has said: “At just after 2.40pm on Friday (October 18) three fire engines from Withington, Manchester Central and Wythenshawe fire stations plus the technical response unit from Leigh fire station attended a crash involving a bus and a tram on Mosley Street, Manchester.

“Firefighters, working alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Police, North West Ambulance Service and Metrolink, are using specialist cutting equipment to rescue one casualty from the bus. Crews were in attendance for around one and a half hours.”

Bus disruption and changes

Piccadilly Gardens is currently closed. Bus services will use an alternative bus stop and follow a diversion route.

Free Bus 1 & 2 - Suspended until further notice.

33 - Will depart from Shudehill Interchange.

15, 42, 42A, 42B, 42C, 43, 85, 85A, 86, 87, 111, 142, 143, 250, 253 and 263 - Will operate from Oxford Street from the bus stop outside the Refuge Hotel.

35, 36, 37, 38, X39, X41 and X43 - Will operate from the St James Square bus stop (Stop CP) on John Dalton Street.

255 and X50 - Will operate from the Oxford Road Station bus stop (Stop E) on Whitworth Street West.

256 - Will operate from the bus stop outside of Home on Medlock Street.

101 and 103 - Will operate from the Hulme Street bus stop on Cambridge Street.

192, 201, 202, 203, 205, 219, 220 and 221 - Will operate from the Manchester Piccadilly Rail Station bus stop (Stop A) on London Road.

Tram disruption and changes

Trams are currently unable to serve Piccadilly Gardens, Market Street and Shudehill stops.

The following service change is in place across the tram network:

• Ashton-Under-Lyne - Piccadilly
• Eccles - Crumpsall
• Bury - Altrincham (via Exchange Square)
• Manchester Airport - Victoria (via Exchange Square)
• Altrincham - Cornbrook (Piccadilly services)

The following services are unaffected:

• East Didsbury - Rochdale
• Trafford Centre - Deansgate-Castlefield