News for: Transport

IndiGo, the largest airline in India, has announced it will begin flights from Manchester Airport for the first time, offering the North of England's only direct route to the country, which is the world's fastest-growing economy. The announcement marks IndiGo’s first entry to the European market, … [Read more...]

Network Rail has unveiled a new CGI video of how its engineers will demolish and rebuild the bridge which carries the Greek Street roundabout across the railway line. The video comes ahead of the current bridge's closure to enable work to get underway. The Greek Street roundabout will be closed … [Read more...]

The Safer Roads Greater Manchester partnership, which includes GMP, the city-region's ten local authorities and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), has launched a new campaign aimed at deterring drivers from using a mobile phone while behind the wheel. Using a mobile phone while driving is a … [Read more...]

March will see a number of road closures throughout Stockport town centre as work to maintain and invest in infrastructure gets underway. Work will begin on Monday 3rd March to carry out planned maintenance to the entrance ramp to Redrock car park. As a result of the work, the ramp to access … [Read more...]

A group of engineers abseiled down the side of Stockport's iconic Grade II listed viaduct as Network Rail carries out a £1.1 million restoration of the structure. Last year, Network Rail started the project to remove overgrowing vegetation, clean away graffiti and carry out extensive repairs to … [Read more...]

Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood has announced an extension for the government's Plug-in Van Grant for another year to help businesses transition to electric vehicles. The Plug-in van grant has helped sell over 80,000 electric and zero emission vans since its launch. The extension will … [Read more...]

Two Stockport Borough railways stations have been honoured and one highly commended at the recent Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards Evening. Romiley Station won the Transport for Greater Manchester Award and Rose Hill won the Best Staffed Station Award.  Marple was also Highly Commended for the … [Read more...]

The Greek Street roundabout will be closed to traffic for one year starting from 31 March 2025 as Network Rail begins work on replacing the bridge over the railway line. Network Rail is investing £16 million in replacing the bridge which has carried traffic across the West Coast Main Line since … [Read more...]