Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is a local government body responsible for co-ordinating transport services throughout Greater Manchester in North West England. It is an executive arm of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), the city region's administrative authority. The strategies and policies of Transport for Greater Manchester are set by the GMCA and its Greater Manchester Transport Committee (GMTC). The committee is made up of 33 councillors appointed from the ten Greater Manchester boroughs, as well as the Mayor of Greater Manchester.
Arriva North West and Wales was a division of Arriva that operated bus services around North West England and Wales. It was made up from several previous bus operators, including North Western, most of MTL North, the Bee Line Buzz Company, and most of what was once Crosville Motor Services.
Altrincham Interchange is a transport hub in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a bus station on Stamford New Road, a Northern Trains-operated heavy rail station on the Mid-Cheshire Line, and a light rail stop which forms the terminus of Manchester Metrolink's Altrincham line. The original heavy rail element of the station was opened by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway as Altrincham and Bowdon railway station in April 1881, changing to Altrincham railway station in May 1974. The Metrolink element opened in June 1992. The Interchange underwent a complete redevelopment, at a cost of £19 million, starting in mid-July 2013. The new bus station opened officially on 7 December 2014.
Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station, often abbreviated to Piccadilly Gardens, is one of two main bus stations in Manchester city centre.
Wythenshawe bus station serves the Wythenshawe area of Greater Manchester, England.
Stagecoach Manchester is a major bus operator in Greater Manchester, operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group outside of Greater London, as well as the largest within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester by passenger numbers, carrying up to 96.2 million passengers in 2019/20.
Trafford Bar is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail system, Metrolink, at the junction of Talbot Road and Seymour Grove in Old Trafford. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion, before which it was a mainline railway station.
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. Its position as a national city of commerce, education and cultural importance means the city has one of the largest and most thorough transport infrastructures which is heavily relied upon by its 2.8 million inhabitants in the Greater Manchester conurbation and further afield in the North West region. Public transport comes under the jurisdiction of Transport for Greater Manchester.
The Wilmslow Road bus corridor is a 5.5-mile-long section of road in Manchester that is served by a large number of bus services. The corridor runs from Parrs Wood to Manchester city centre along Wilmslow and Oxford Roads, serving Didsbury, Withington, Fallowfield and Rusholme.
Greater Manchester bus route 192 is a high frequency bus route runs between Hazel Grove in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.
Stockport bus station in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, was a bus terminus for approximately 65 bus services. It opened on 2 March 1981 on the site of a former car park. Before the bus station opened, most services terminated at Mersey Square.
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was the public body responsible for public transport in Greater Manchester between 1974 and 2011, when it became part of Transport for Greater Manchester.
This timeline lists significant events in the history of Greater Manchester's light rail network called the Manchester Metrolink.
Greater Manchester bus route 203 is a bus route operating between Stockport Interchange and Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.
Greater Manchester bus route 163 is a Bee Network bus route runs between Piccadilly Gardens in the Manchester city centre and Bury Interchange. It is operated by Go North West on contract from Transport for Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester bus route 11 is a bus route runs between Stockport Interchange and Altrincham Interchange. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester. It has a sister route 368 operating between Stockport Interchange and Wythenshawe Interchange or Wythenshawe Hospital or Manchester Airport, sharing the same route between Stockport and Cheadle.
Greater Manchester bus route 368 is a bus route runs between Stockport Interchange and Wythenshawe Interchange, with limited services serving Manchester Airport. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester. It has a sister route 11 operating between Stockport Interchange and Altrincham Interchange, sharing the same route between Stockport and Cheadle.
Greater Manchester bus route 330 is a bus route runs between Stockport Interchange and Ashton-under-Lyne, sharing the same termini with route 7. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.
Greater Manchester bus routes 36 • 37 are Bee Network bus routes run between Piccadilly Gardens in the Manchester city centre and Bolton Interchange. They are sister routes to each other, and operated by Go North West on contract from Transport for Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester bus route 201 is a bus route operating between Piccadilly Gardens and Hattersley. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.
