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Here’s all of the transport news that the Manchester World team has for this week.

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00:00Hello and welcome to your transport update for Manchester this week. There's
00:03always a lot going on in and around the city so we'll dive straight into the news
00:07on what will be another busy festive week in the area. Let's start with the
00:11rail. Now there'll be a reduced train schedule between Crewe and Manchester
00:15between Saturday the 28th of December and Friday the 3rd of January and
00:18there's going to be a bit of worry about the impact that staffing shortages could
00:22have on the reduced schedule as a whole so please make sure that you're keeping
00:25your eyes on the schedule consistently just to make sure that you don't get
00:28blindsided. The reason for the potential shortages is that many train drivers
00:32and crew members don't have Sunday working included in their contracts with
00:35rail bosses hoping and expecting that staff will agree to work overtime to
00:39staff services. However this is less likely over the festive period and as
00:43yet it's unsure if the incentives on offer are enough to tempt people into
00:46work. On Christmas Day the whole rail network will be closed with a limited
00:50service running on Boxing Day though some routes in and around Greater
00:53Manchester will be closed slightly longer for engineering work so it's
00:56worth checking the Network Rail website for a full list of affected services.
01:00Onto cars now and drivers planning to get away for Christmas are being warned
01:03to expect long queues because of record traffic levels in the area. The AA have
01:08stated they believe December 20th will be the busiest day on the roads during
01:11the festive season with 23.7 million drivers planning a trip. They've also
01:16predicted some of the areas of Manchester that will face likely severe
01:20congestion with the main hotspot being the M60 near the Trafford Centre. There
01:24will also be bad traffic jams on the 21st of December and the 23rd each with
01:28an anticipated 22.7 million drivers on the road. Now that's the bulk of our
01:33transport news this week but we also have a piece on our website about a
01:36farmer Brian Lee who discovered that a planned link road goes through his
01:39property and potentially even his detached house. Now he sold some of his
01:43land back in 1998 to allow for a road to be built with no progress made in the 26
01:48years in between he says it's had a significant impact on his ability to
01:52sell his property or land. Hopefully some clarity arrives soon for him but that's
01:56all for now we'll see you next week with another transport update.

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