Four week campaign aims to tackle loneliness in Greater Manchester For aged persons, being away from friends or loved ones is a major problem. One barrier is the lack of awareness of social activities, which may keep their minds active. This could be alleviated by using ‘dead tree’ analogue media as well as the internet….
Category: Bus Operation
Full Size Automated Bus Begins Depot Trials
Stagecoach Manchester tests the world’s first autonomous bus at Sharston depot For several years, Greater Manchester has been at the forefront of revolutionary developments in passenger transport. Almost 50 years ago, the Chloride battery bus – an all battery powered single decker bus – led to today’s electric vehicles. Yesterday, as seen on North West…
Coming to Greater Manchester: 60 All-Electric Buses
TfGM, Stagecoach, First, and MCT Travel gain funding under Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme TfGM wins funding for 23 all-electric vehicles with 3 going to MCT Travel and 12 to First Greater Manchester; Stagecoach Manchester wins £6.9m support funding for 32 zero emissions buses and associated infrastructure; One of Europe’s biggest green e-bus fleets to…
FirstGroup to Quit Greater Manchester Bus Operations
Got a spare £20m? First Greater Manchester are selling its bus operations to rival operators in the conurbation First Greater Manchester is set to quit Greater Manchester, as the transport conglomerate reviews its operations across the UK. The fourth largest part of the FirstGroup bus empire has recorded sharp losses in the last year. Its…
Parking the Bus: Bus Routes That Share Numbers with Football Formations: The Not So Perfect Ten
Ever wondered which Greater Manchester bus routes share or shared their number with a football formation? For many people, New Year’s Day isn’t only about giving up smoking, going on a diet, or alcohol abstinence. January sees the start of a 31-part soap opera known as The Transfer Window. Yes, it is that time of…
Christmas Day On The Buses, Greater Manchester, 1986
Was 1986 the last year when Greater Manchester had an extensive bus network on Christmas Day? For many carless households, leaving the house on Christmas Day is nigh-on impossible. As a rule of thumb, it is assumed that many people spend Christmas Day at home. They are more likely to open presents, get entangled with…
Tameside’s Christmas and New Year Day’s Bus Service Updates
Details of Christmas and New Year’s Day bus services in Tameside and surrounding area for 2018/19 With only days to go till Christmas Day, it is that time again on East of the M60. It’s our look at what we are about to receive bus-wise over the yuletide period. In a nutshell, that means no…
JP Executive Travel Driver Records Wanted
Did you, or do you know someone who worked for JP Executive Travel in 1992? We have received an appeal for the drivers’ records for JP Executive Travel. During 1992, the North Manchester-based bus company operated a number of routes in and around Middleton. Some services continued to parts of North Manchester, Oldham, and Tameside….
First Greater Manchester Set to Close Rusholme Depot
Cost-cutting measures will see South Manchester operations moved to Queens Road depot Five years after purchasing the bus operations of Finglands Coachways, First Greater Manchester is set to rationalise its operations in South Manchester. As well as pulling out of the 42 route to East Didsbury, their Rusholme depot will be closed.
Oldham and Saddleworth Bus Service Changes, Winter 2018
Hallowe’en horrors await Oldham bus passengers Sweeping changes made to 74 and 76 routes’ evening journeys; 415 slashed from half hourly to once hourly; Cuts made to 24 route. Whereas Tameside bus passengers got off lightly with this month’s service changes, the same couldn’t have been said with our friends in Oldham and Saddleworth.
Oldham and Saddleworth Bus Service Changes, Autumn 2018
School day times are back up town For many Oldham and Saddleworth passengers, this autumn’s timetable changes affect seasonal timetables. Yes, as the nights get longer, the school day times are back on the agenda.
Tameside and Glossop Bus Service Changes, Autumn 2018
Timetables revert to schoolday times Throughout the borough, most of this autumn’s service changes entail the reversion of summer timetables to schooldays timetables. For once, a fairly quiet autumn.
