Manchester Travel Update

Here’s all of Manchester’s transport news for the week.

Transcript

00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester's transport update for the week. We'll start off with

00:04the snow that's adorning the tops of the building behind me. The temperatures have

00:08dropped and winter is here. Now unfortunately that does seem to be wreaking havoc on the

00:12transport links. It snowed overnight and is expected to snow and sleet a little bit later

00:18today which could result in dangerous driving conditions as well as significant disruption

00:23to public buses, trams and trains. Roads and pathways are being cleared and treated with

00:27grit and salt to make them safer but please do use caution regardless of how you choose

00:32to get around. On to some nicer public transport news though and TransPennine Express have

00:37announced that they're going to be introducing an extra 1,300 seats to their services next

00:42month with four express trains per hour running between Manchester Victoria and Leeds. Now

00:47that will come into place on December 15th which is when the new timetable kicks in.

00:53On top of that, 50 trains will be running each way every day between Liverpool and Manchester

00:57stations which should allow travellers to get between the two cities much more efficiently

01:02and there's a great Christmas market in Liverpool too so you could maybe even tick off both

01:06markets in one day. On to buses now and there are plans for a new and improved X50 service

01:12which will link Salford Quays to the city centre. The X50 is the bus that runs towards

01:17the Trafford Centre and it will mean taking a new route along Audsor Lane with £2 million

01:22offered up by the council to get the service up and running as well as upgrading local

01:25roads around the area. Finally, it's looking as though we will have two new train stations

01:34in Greater Manchester by 2030. Mossley station is set to move 300 metres down the road to

01:38allow for accessibility improvements and a longer platform while similar upgrades are

01:42also due for the Greenfield station. Network Rail are hoping to push through their plans

01:47and see building work start by the summer of 2028 but as of yet, relevant planning permissions

01:52have not yet been confirmed. That's all for this week, please stay safe out there and

01:56enjoy the snow.