"Sorry, I've got to catch the last tram" - it's a line that has cut short many an evening.
It's 11pm and the night is young but a stressful dash through town now awaits. You've spent the last two hours clock watching, keen to avoid an expensive taxi ride home.
The lack of Metrolink services across Greater Manchester after midnight has long been complained about. Over the years, the introduction of a 'night tram' that would assist workers, lone women and revellers has been mooted several times yet it has never materialised.
