Manchester’s Transport Update

Here is all the transport news for this week in Greater Manchester.

Transcript

00:00Hello and welcome to your transport update for Greater Manchester ahead of the week beginning

00:04the 9th of December. I'm Theo Hewson-Betts and Manchester's transport links are always

00:09busy anyway, but the festive season can make things significantly more stressful. So let's

00:13get right into it, shall we?

00:15Firstly, the plans for new B Network train lines are being developed following the success

00:19of the city's bus and Metro link services. The B Network has been a central part of the

00:23reinvigoration of Manchester over the last couple of years. The ease with which people

00:27can use public transport has meant that the city has been able to welcome many more shoppers

00:30and day-trippers, as well as making it more accessible and attractive for tourists.

00:35Train services are the next transport links set to be rolled out with eight lines expected

00:38to be in B Network control by 2028. These are going to be Wigan to Manchester Victoria,

00:44Staly Bridge to Southport, Glossop to Piccadilly via Hadfield, Rosehill to Piccadilly, Buxton

00:50to Piccadilly, Alderley Edge to Piccadilly. The Rochdale stopping services and the Manchester

00:56Airport stopping services as well. Work is currently ongoing, with the first line possibly

01:01able to be up and running by 2026. There's an expectation that the Glossop and Staly

01:05Bridge lines will be the first services to be up and running. And also the B Network

01:09festive schedule is out, so we'll quickly talk you through that.

01:12On Christmas Eve, tram services start at the normal 6am but end before 9pm, while buses

01:17will stop between 6 and 9pm. On Christmas Day, there'll be no trams at all and the

01:21only bus running will be the Stagecoach service 43. On Boxing Day, tram services will operate

01:26between 7am and 1am, with services running every 15 minutes until midnight, and then

01:30every half hour after midnight. Special bus services will be running, but it's worth

01:34checking the website to get specific times. On New Year's Eve, an amended tram schedule

01:38will see services run every 12 minutes between 6am and 1am, but only on limited services,

01:43while buses will largely be unchanged, with the exception of a few that will stop running

01:46at 6pm. We'll have a bigger piece on the full schedule

01:49on our website, so if you need more information, please head over to Manchester World.

01:53That's all for now, and we'll see you next week.