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Track replacement projects underway

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GREATER Manchester’s Metrolink tram system will be closed between MediaCityUK and Eccles until the start of service on October 22, to allow track replacement to take place.

The closure, from July 16, is the third phase of such work to be scheduled this year, the route having previously been closed for eight days in February and for

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