Manchester City players will be parading through the city centre this afternoon to mark their historic Premier League win at the weekend.
The football club claimed their fourth Premier League title victory in five seasons yesterday (May 22) in dramatic style at the Etihad Stadium coming from 2-0 down to Aston Villa with 20 minutes left to score three times in five minutes.
To celebrate the win, an open-top bus parade featuring City players will go through the city centre this afternoon. As a result, a number of bus and tram routes will be diverted to allow the parade to pass through.
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The parade will kick off from 6pm at the National Football Museum, before taking a 1.5km route through the city centre and ending at a live stage setup outside the Hilton Hotel. Players will be presented on stage at the end of the parade route from 7pm.
Below we have listed all of the road closures in the city centre, alongside diversions in place for Metrolink and bus services this afternoon.
Road closures
There will be a number of road closures across the city centre and Deansgate during the parade procession. The following roads will be closed: Victoria Bridge Street (from Chapel Street to Victoria Street), Deansgate (from St Mary's Gate to Cateaton Street), Blackfriars Street (between Deansgate and Parsonage only), Exchange Street (from St Mary's Gate to St. Anne's Square), Cross Street (From Corporation Street to New Market), King Street West (from Southgate to King Street), South King Street (From Deansgate to Ridgefield), John Dalton Street (from Deansgate to Ridgefield), A34/Bridge Street (from Deansgate to The Bridge Tavern).
Jackson's Row (from access to Deansgate), Lloyd Street (from Deansgate to Gusto Italian), Hardman Street (from access to Deansgate), Jerusalem Place, Bootle Street (from Deansgate to Jerusalem Place), Jerusalem Place, Peter Street/A34 (from Deansgate to Jerusalem Place), Quay Street/A34 (from Byrom Street to Deansgate), St John's Street (from Longworth Street to Harley Surgery), Camp Street (from Deansgate and Longworth Street to Smartworks), Tonman Street (from Deansgate to Longworth Street).
Liverpool Road/A6143 (from Deansgate to Barton Street), Southern Street (from Liverpool Street to Bridgewater Street), Bridgewater Street (from Deansgate to Southern Street), Great Bridgewater Street (from Deansgate to Watson Street), Trafford Street (from Deansgate to Century Street), Deansgate-Castlefield (from Withworth Street West/B6469 to Liverpool Road).
Metrolink services
From 12pm until 8pm, trams will be diverted from Exchange Square and will instead travel via Shudehill and Market Street. Passengers are being advised to use Shudehill, Market Street or St Peter’s Square instead.
Bus services
Vantage - V1, V2, V3, V4
Vantage services run by First Manchester will be diverted between 4.30pm and 8.30pm - with delays to services expected. Bus operators have advised passengers to allow more time to travel.
Outbound services will run as normal to Wetherspoons at Piccadilly Gardens, but then the next stop will not be until Salford Cathedral on Chapel Street. Likewise, inbound services will not make stops between Salford Cathedral and the Wetherspoons at Piccadilly Gardens.
8
The 8 service will be diverted from 12.30pm to 8.30pm. The bus will follow a normal route to Victoria Street before going ahead at Chapel Street and omitting Victoria Bridge Street. It will then proceed ahead at Chapel Street before resuming the normal route.
34, 34A, 38
Stagecoach services 34, 34A and 38 to Leigh, Bryn, Worsley and Logistics North will divert from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. After leaving stand B at Shudehill Interchange, services will turn left through Shudehill and then Miller Street before heading ahead towards Cheetham Hill Road. Services will then turn left at Trinity Way before turning right at Chapel Street and resuming normal routes.
The 34, 34A and 38 services to Manchester will also divert between 4.30pm and 8.30pm. Normal routes will proceed until Chapel Street, when services will turn left at Trinity Way and then right at Cheetham Hill Road. The Manchester route will then turn left at Corporation Street and Angel Street, before turning right at Rochdale and right again until reaching Shudehill Interchange.
36, 37
The 36 and 37 services from Bolton to Manchester will be diverted from 12.30pm to 8.30pm. The service will follow its normal route until Chapel Street when it will then turn left at Trinity Way. The bus will then go right at Cheetham Hill Road and left at Corporation Street and Angel Street. Services will then head right at Rochdale Road and right again at Shudehill Interchange before completing its journey at stand B.
The 36 and 37 from Manchester to Bolton will also be diverted from 12.30pm to 8.30pm. From Stand B at Shudehill Interchange the service will head left at Shudehill, left at Miller Street and then ahead at Cheetham Hill Road.The bus will then turn left at Trinity Way, right at Chapel Street and then return to its normal route.
50
Diversions to the 50 service to Media City UK will be in place from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. The service will be normal until reaching Oxford Road when services will turn right at Portland Street and omit Princess Street.
The service will then turn left at Piccadilly to reach Stop R, before turning right at Lever Street and left at Great Ancoats Street. The bus will then travel ahead to Swan Street, Miller Street and Cheetham Hill Road. Services will turn left at Trinity Way and right at Chapel Street before resuming the normal route.
The 50 to East Didsbury will observe diversions at the same time. Normal route until Chapel Street, with services then turning left at Trinity Way and right at Cheetham Hill Road. The bus will then turn left at Corporation Street and Angel Street and ahead to Addington Street.
The East Didsbury service will then turn right to Oldham Road before going ahead and left to Piccadilly for Stop S. The route will then turn right at Portland Street and left at Princess Street before resuming its normal route.
191, 197
The 191 and 197 services to Stockport will also face diversions from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. From Chorlton Street bus stop EV, the bus will turn right at Bloom Street and then right at Sackville Street. It will then turn left at Portland Street and Princess Street before resuming the normal route.
191 and 197 services from Manchester will follow a normal route up until Oxford Road. The bus will then turn right at Portland Street, right again at Chorlton Street and then terminate at bus stop EV.
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