Network Rail has issued a reminder to rail passengers that they face changes to services between Manchester and Preston via Bolton as the transport body looks to finally complete the upgrade of the railway.
Manchester Airport has released new footage of its £1bn transformation programme, having spent 12 months on site.
The £15m Manchester Salford Inner Relief Road improvement scheme is to start on 29 August, with works expected to last for a year at six key junctions.
The online ‘conversation’ launched by Transport for Greater Manchester aims to generate feedback which will shape the draft City Centre Transport Strategy to be implemented from 2020.
Transport for Greater Manchester’s zonal fares structure for the Metrolink, which will see the network adopt a London-style zonal system, will be rolled out in early 2019 after findings of a public consultation were presented last week.
Track laying for the Metrolink’s Trafford Park Line has started at the Trafford Centre, the final stop on the £350m light rail extension.
At a consultation teeming with interested locals and property owners – but perhaps surprisingly, no protestors – HS2 has outlined its route into Manchester via the airport, while a number of major pinch points, and possible development opportunities, have been identified.
Network Rail is to draw up a feasibility study to extend the East Lancashire Heritage Railway from Heywood to Castleton, nearly 10 years after the proposals were first put forward.
Transport for Greater Manchester has secured £5.6m of Growth Deal funding for what it says will be the largest smart traffic light network in country outside London.
Stockport and Cheshire East residents will have until 16 July to give feedback on SEMMMS, the South East Manchester Multi-Modal Strategy, with options on the table including a tram-train network to connect Stockport with Hazel Grove, Didsbury, and Altrincham.
