Metrolink

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RE: Metrolink
On Saturday sampled a trip on the Manchester Airport branch , firstly to Manchester Airport , past the engineering work ongoing at Manchester Airport to increase the amount of heavy rail platforms .

Due to the service not operating all the way to Cornbrook , the loadings just seemed to be a little on the light side .

One point to note is that Metrolink had staff at Chorlton , Trafford Bar and a presence for a few minutes at Cornbrook they was the only staff I saw other than the onboard drivers.

It seems the onboard recorded announcements don't like to work when the service terminates short of the planned location.

I was once on an East Didsbury tram last year when the service was going to terminate at Trafford Bar , the recorded announcement was replaced by the driver announcing after every stop that it was Trafford Bar tram in the quietest voice he could muster im sure .