{"id":378279,"date":"2026-01-19T10:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378279\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:32:14","slug":"police-statement-after-bmw-abandoned-on-tram-tracks-causes-travel-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378279\/","title":{"rendered":"Police statement after BMW abandoned on tram tracks causes travel chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vehicle had been abandoned on the Metrolink tram track sparking two hours of delays\"The<\/p>\n

The vehicle had been abandoned on the Metrolink tram track sparking two hours of delays(Image: Jason Roberts)<\/p>\n

Police have issued a statement after a BMW became stuck on the tram tracks and caused travel chaos in Manchester on Sunday morning (January 18).<\/p>\n

The vehicle had been abandoned on the Metrolink<\/a> tram track, sparking two hours of travel chaos as services were suspended on the Ashton<\/a> line. No trams were able to run between the Tameside<\/a> town and Manchester Piccadilly.<\/p>\n

Twelve stops were out of service through Tameside and east Manchester as a result. A blue BMW 3 Series came to a stop on the tracks between New Islington tram stop and the tunnel which leads to Manchester Piccadilly.<\/p>\n

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The car was abandoned on the line(Image: Jason Roberts \/Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Recovery workers later attended the scene, with the car removed by Transport for Greater Manchester from the track by 12.30pm. Trams soon resumed with ‘severe delays’ into the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police said the car had been abandoned after it was suspected to have broken down on the tracks. Enquiries are ongoing to find the owner, the force added.<\/p>\n

A Greater Manchester Police<\/a> spokesperson confirmed the car had driven up the tracks before breaking down. “Officers attended and are now making keeper enquiries to find owner,” a statement said.<\/p>\n

“There are no reported injuries and no arrests made. We are making enquiries to establish driver and circumstances of abandonment. The vehicle was removed by Transport for Greater Manchester.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The vehicle had been abandoned on the Metrolink tram track sparking two hours of delays The vehicle had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,2951,3774,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-378279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-manchester-city-centre","tag-metrolink","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}