The actual answer, which is of no help to us Blues, is that the Altrincham service was constantly running late, with the result that trams would almost always bunch up and many would be turned back at Timperley to try to regulate the frequency. By hacking out the run to t'Etihad and by buggering up the platforms at Alty, they have actually (believe it or not) achieved their aim of a stable 6 minute service now. However, it's at the expense of passengers having to choose whether or not to leg it round the station to get the first tram, and by us not getting our direct tram to the ground. Sorry, but that's the official reason.....
Annoyingly, their fix after the West Brom game was to lay on a completely unnanounced tram or two to Alty after the match which is, if anything, a worse idea than removing them in the first place - will they run on Saturday? who knows?
