Tram drivers say they are facing unprecedented levels of antisocial behaviour amid the coronavirus pandemic. In an anonymous email sent to the M.E.N, drivers have documented a number of shocking incidents on board trams in recent days.
Boris Johnson announced this week that people could only leave their homes under a list of "very limited purposes" during a police-enforced lockdown.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) announced trams would keep running, to help essential key workers get to work. But, Metrolink workers say they've seen a rise in antisocial behaviour from groups of teenagers, and homeless people, who are "taking advantage." Drivers say they have seen people spitting on seats, coughing in passengers faces, and flouting