Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has announced a partnership with Google to use AI to improve traffic flow in the city-region and reduce stop-and-go emissions. TfGM oversees a signal network that includes 2,500 sets of traffic signals across all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester. The Green … [Read more...]
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£19.8 billion transport investment promised to North following HS2 cancellation
Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's cancellation of the HS2 rail link between Birmingham and Manchester, £19.8 billion worth of transport investment has been announced for the North of England as funds assigned to the project are redistributed. Rishi Sunak announced the cancellation of the … [Read more...]
Prime Minster cancels Manchester leg of HS2
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced he is scrapping plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to be built between Birmingham and Manchester. The announcement follows much speculation in the media that the Northern leg of the high-speed rail line would be cancelled in a bid to curb rising costs … [Read more...]
Business and political leaders in the North oppose cancellation of Manchester leg of HS2
Ahead of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's address to the Conservative Party Conference today (4th October), business and political leaders in the North and Midlands of England have expressed their support for the HS2 high-speed rail service to reach Manchester. Following much media speculation that … [Read more...]
Belle Vue joins Guild of British Coach Operators
Stockport based Belle Vue Manchester has achieved membership of the Guild of British Coach Operators, following an independent audit of its operations. Membership of the Guild of British Coach Operators is only open to companies which attain a 100 per cent rating in the organisation's inspection, … [Read more...]
TfGM launches grant scheme for small businesses to install cycle parking
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has announced the launch of an £830,000 grant scheme to help small businesses, community groups, education and healthcare providers to install cycle parking. The grant scheme – funded through the Department for Transport and Active Travel England's … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines returns to five-times weekly service between Manchester and Houston
Singapore Airlines is enhancing its flying schedule on its popular Manchester to Houston route to five-weekly flights from 31 March 2024. The change to a five-times weekly schedule for Singapore Airlines' Manchester to Houston route returns to service to its pre-pandemic levels. The airline … [Read more...]
Avanti West Coast reveals new fleet of trains
Avanti West Coast has revealed the newly liveried Class 805 trains set to enter service on its network connecting London and the North-west in the coming months. The trains have been revealed at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe facility in the North East on 22nd September, with the first three units … [Read more...]
Business and transport leaders call on Prime Minister not to cancel Manchester leg of HS2
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing growing calls from business and transport leaders in the North not to cancel the Manchester leg of HS2, amid growing rumours that he is considering axing part of the line to curb rising costs. With the cost of the full route from London Euston to Manchester … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester’s first Bee Network buses take to the roads
The first buses under local control in Greater Manchester since the mid-1980s took to the roads on Sunday 24th September, with the launch the first Bee Network services The new buses in yellow Bee Network livery are now in operation in Bolton, Wigan, and parts of Bury, Salford and Manchester, … [Read more...]
Avanti awarded long-term contract to continue running West Coast Mainline
Rail operating company, Avanti West Coast, has been awarded a long-term contract to continue running West Coast Mainline services between London and the North-west, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. The award of a long-term contract, which will have a core term of three years and … [Read more...]
TfGM launches new Bee Network ticketing app
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched a new Bee Network ticketing app as it prepares for the first franchised bus services in the city-region to take to the roads. The launch of the new app on 18th September comes one week before the first locally-controlled bus services in the … [Read more...]
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