Trial lets bikes on trams after 32-year ban

The trial has now started on Metrolink trams across various routes

Pushbikes will be allowed on a tram network for the first time in its 32-year history.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is running a "supervised trial" to allow bikes on the Metrolink.

Only people who are invited to take part will be able to bring their cycles onto the trams during the six-week try-out.

Since the trams came into service in 1992, only foldable bikes in bags have been allowed on them.

Dogs were allowed onto the Metrolink services last year.

The trial will also look at how adapted bikes and scooters used as mobility vehicles will fit onto the network.

It will also see what might need to be done to accommodate bikes at stops and stations.

Greater Manchester's mayor Andy Burnham committed to carrying out the pilot study as part of his mayoral manifesto.

It was also recommended by Dame Sarah Storey, the active travel commissioner, as part of her Refreshed Active Travel Mission.

Dame Sarah said she was "looking forward to observing the study in the coming weeks".