on the Bury line, jammed underneath the pantograph, causing it to detach as it retracted to match lower overhead wires outside of the city centre. On 22 March 2006, tram 1011 derailed as it entered a section of street running at Long Millgate near Victoria station. There were no injuries nor damage caused. The derailment was attributed to the failure of a repaired section of track at the interface between on- and off-street running. On 17 January 2007, 1005 derailed on a curve at Pomona station. The RAIB concluded this was due to insufficient maintenance of the tracks by the contracted operator, Serco, which led to the tracks slowly moving apart until they were out of gauge. On 1 February 2007, 1013 split a set of points while being moved at Queens Road depot. This caused the tram to end up diagonally, across two tracks. None of the bogies were derailed in the incident. On 29 June 2008, 1016 derailed as the rear vehicle of a double consist while crossing Princess Street near St Peter's Square. The derailment was attributed to insufficient maintenance by the previous operator, Serco. Damage was caused to tram 1016 as well as the overhead line at the point of the derailment. Tram 1008, the other vehicle, was not damaged in the incident. On 5 June 2011, tram 1002 struck a pedestrian on Piccadilly Gardens. The person walked into the path of 1002 and was struck at . The person died at the Manchester Royal. Gallery References External links Metrolink Trams at thetrams.co.uk Light rail vehicles Manchester Metrolink Tram vehicles of the United Kingdom Tram transport in Greater Manchester Train-related introductions in 1992 Train-related introductions in 1999 Breda trams Breda multiple units 750 V DC multiple units