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The original Greater Manchester Transport double 'M' logo from 1974 A GMPTE bus stop in 2006 displaying the double 'M' logo A GMPTE branded signpost at Mauldeth Road railway station in 2013 When the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was replaced by GMPTE, with the Greater Manchester County ...
The management of service information and tendering, bus stations and stops would be run by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE). The bus operation would be named Greater Manchester Buses or GM Buses as it is commonly known, initially being split into North, East, South and West operational areas before these were merged ...
The transport infrastructure of Greater Manchester is built up of numerous transport modes and forms an integral part of the structure of Greater Manchester and North West England – the most populated region outside of South East England which had approximately 301 million annual passenger journeys using either buses, planes, trains or trams in 2014. [2]
TfGM owns and maintains bus stations, stops & shelters, however bus services are deregulated in Great Britain outside London. Following the passing of the Bus Services Act 2017, Greater Manchester became the first city-region to start the process of bus franchising, returning bus services to public control.
In 1986, the deregulation of bus services in the UK had a significant impact on Greater Manchester's bus network, [4] including route 53. Bus companies were now able to operate more freely, which led to competition on some routes. However, route 53 survived deregulation largely intact due to its established demand and importance.
Greater Manchester Transport Centreline bus on display at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester. Transport across the Greater Manchester conurbation historically suffered from poor north–south connections due to the fact that Manchester's main railway stations, Piccadilly and Victoria, [2] [3] were built in the 1840s on peripheral locations outside Manchester city centre.
Diamond North West Enviro 200 at Piccadilly Gardens in January 2025. On 1 March 2015, South Lancs Travel was sold to Rotala and rebranded Diamond Bus North West. [9] [10] [11]On 1 September 2017, Rotala purchased the bus operations of Go Goodwins, resulting in the acquisition of 18 buses and the Eccles garage on Old Wellington Road, Eccles.
Get me there is based upon trials of the Bolton Citizen Card smartcard that was issued to residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in 2007 as a pilot. [4] It is valid on travel modes across Greater Manchester including buses, Metrolink and most National Rail services within the jurisdiction of TfGM.