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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 stands at the new bus station. In July 2017, it closed for redevelopment with the bus stands temporarily being located around the town centre. [1] The old bus stands were demolished and a new station was built on the same site, the project cost £15.7 million supported by the UK Government through the Greater Manchester Local Growth Deal programme. [2]
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]
Five more buses were purchased in January 2017 to provide extra capacity at busy times and facilitate the extended service to Central Manchester Hospitals. [24] [25] Further buses entered service in September 2018 to operate the V4 service from Ellenbrook, as standard vehicles not adapted for busway running. [26]
Bee Network buses operated by Metroline Manchester at Ashton-under-Lyne bus station in January 2025. The first batch of 50 Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV battery electric buses were rolled out across Bolton, Wigan and parts of Bury and Salford on 24 September 2023. These buses were allocated to Bolton Garage of Go North West. [8]
Bee Network buses operated by Stagecoach Manchester at Oldham bus station in April 2024. The Bee Network is a proposed integrated transport network for Greater Manchester, composed of bus, tram, cycling, and walking routes. TfGM's vision is for the network to be operational by 2024, with commuter rail services joining the network by 2030.
Local government in England was re-organised in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.The re-organisation created the six metropolitan counties, and the existing four English PTEs were named after, and made to match the borders of the new counties (for example West Midlands PTE was expanded to take on Coventry and Tyneside PTE expanded to include Sunderland becoming Tyne and Wear PTE in the ...