Following the power cut issue and the damage to an overhead line yesterday causing all trams in the city centre of Manchester to be cancelled, Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) Interim Metrolink Director has apologised.

All work and repairs have now been completed and services will continue as normal on Wednesday morning.

trams are now working as normal | Piccadilly Gardens/Flickr

placeholder image — trams are now working as normal | Piccadilly Gardens/Flickr

TfGM’s Interim Director for Metrolink, Ian Davies, said: "First of all I'd like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the damage to the overhead lines today. Specialist engineers have been working hard on site throughout the day to repair the damage as quickly as possible and get the network back up and running.”

When explaining the full extent of the issue, he said: "The incident was caused by a damaged pantograph — the part that connects the tram to the overhead line, which in turn damaged the wires and triggered a safety shutdown. Engineers repaired the damage and will be sending recovered parts away for technical investigation.”

Adding: “A full investigation into the root cause of the issue will be carried out and I would like to thank all of our customers for their patience."