Transport for Greater Manchester#Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (TfGMC)

The organisation traces its origins to the Transport Act 1968, when the SELNEC (South East Lancashire/North East Cheshire) Passenger Transport Executive was established to co-ordinate public transport in and around Manchester. Between 1974 and 2011, it was known as the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE), until a reform of local government in Greater Manchester granted it more powers and prompted a corporate rebranding.[http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/s/1416977_all-change-greater-manchester-passenger-transport-executive-becomes-transport-for-greater-manchester--with-a-new-logo-of-course All change: Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive becomes Transport for Greater Manchester – with a new logo of course] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404132722/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/s/1416977_all-change-greater-manchester-passenger-transport-executive-becomes-transport-for-greater-manchester--with-a-new-logo-of-course |date=4 April 2011 }} Manchester Evening News 1 April 2011 On 1 April 2011, the GMPTE became Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM),{{Cite web | title=Arrangements for Establishing the Combined Authority | url=http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/6_gm_combined_authority.pdf|publisher=Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) | page=4 | access-date=8 February 2011}} a new regional transport body for Greater Manchester{{Cite web | title=Draft LTP3 Consultation Proposals | url=http://www.gmita.gov.uk/download/3152/item_6_draft_ltp_3_consultation_proposals|publisher=Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA)| page=9 | access-date=3 December 2010}}{{Cite web | title=City Region Pilot and Governance | url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/egov_downloads/CityRegionPilotandGovernance.pdf|publisher=Manchester City Council | page=14 | access-date=3 December 2010}}{{Cite web | title=Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership – A Proposal To Government | url=http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/gm_local_enterprise_partnership_a_proposal_to_government.pdf | publisher=Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) | page=18 | access-date=3 December 2010}} that forms part of the new Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

{{See also|Greater Manchester Combined Authority#Bee Network Committee}}

TfGM inherited the responsibilities of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive established in 1974. At the same time the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) was abolished, with responsibility for oversight of the executive transferred to the combined authority.{{Cite legislation UK |type=si |year=2011 |number=908 |si=The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 |article=6 |date=22 March 2011 |accessdate=8 August 2023 }}

The combined authority and the ten Greater Manchester districts have delegated or referred most of their transport governance functions to a joint committee, the Bee Network Committee. Each local authority appoints one of its executive members with responsibility for transport matters to sit alongside the mayor, a member of the GMCA, and up to four other councillors appointed by the mayor. These additional mayoral appointees allow the committee's political make-up to reflect the political make-up of Greater Manchester's councils as a whole.

The Bee Network Committee has four key responsibilities: Decision-making over significant operational matters across the transport network (including the ability to draw down funding for investment), monitoring the performance and financial stability of the network, developing policy to support the local transport plan, and facilitating coordination between the ten local authorities around highways maintenance and infrastructure delivery.{{Cite web|url=https://democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=26719|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601092723/https://democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=26719|title=Bee Network Committee – Terms of Reference|publisher=Greater Manchester Combined Authority|date=31 July 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|access-date=7 August 2023}}

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{{Main|Manchester Metrolink}}

The Manchester Metrolink light rail/tram system launched in 1992, entirely subsidised by TfGM without a government grant and operated by KeolisAmey.[http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/ratp-buys-manchester-metrolink-operator.html RATP buys Manchester Metrolink operator] Railway Gazette International 2 August 2011 It carried 43.7 million passengers in the 2018/19 financial year.[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/809894/light-rail-and-tram-statistics-england-2019.pdf Light Rail and Tram Statistics: England 2018/19] Department for Transport (Retrieved 26 July 2020) With 99 tram stops, it is the second largest local transport network in the United Kingdom after the London Underground. Further expansion of the network to places like Stockport and Bolton are envisaged.

• {{RouteBox|  ||#7B2082|white}} {{Tram|Altrincham}} – {{Tram|Piccadilly}} (extends to Etihad Campus Mon–Sat evenings and all day Sunday)
• {{RouteBox|  ||#59C6F2|white}} {{Tram|Ashton-under-Lyne}} – {{Tram|Eccles}} (via {{Tram|MediaCityUK}} outside Mon–Sat daytime hours)
• {{RouteBox|  ||#EFBB00|white}} {{Tram|Bury}} – {{Tram|Piccadilly}}
• {{RouteBox|  ||#FE79B0|white}} {{Tram|East Didsbury}} – {{Tram|Rochdale Town Centre}}
• {{RouteBox|  ||#E70310|white}} {{Tram|The Trafford Centre}} – {{Tram|Deansgate-Castlefield}}
• {{RouteBox|  ||#0069B4|white}} {{Tram|Manchester Airport}} – {{Tram|Victoria}}

• {{RouteBox|  ||#318C2C|white}} {{Tram|Altrincham}} – {{Tram|Bury}} (operates Mon–Sat daytime)
• {{RouteBox|  ||#F18800|white}} Etihad Campus – {{Tram|MediaCityUK}} (operates Mon–Sat daytime)
• {{RouteBox|  ||#82735E|white}} {{Tram|East Didsbury}} – {{Tram|Shaw and Crompton}} (operates Mon–Sat daytime)

Heavy Rail services are operated by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales.[http://www.tfgm.com/trains/Pages/operators.aspx Operators] Transport for Greater Manchester TfGM subsidise fares on certain local services and fund station refurbishments on an ad hoc basis.

• Free Bus: launched 2002 as Metroshuttle, now consist of 2 free bus routes around Manchester city centre. New services were provided in Bolton, Oldham and Stockport after success of the service in Manchester. But those services were substantially withdrawn by 2019.[http://www.tfgm.com/buses/Pages/metroshuttle.aspx Metroshuttle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102042951/http://www.tfgm.com/buses/Pages/metroshuttle.aspx |date=2 November 2012 }} Transport for Greater Manchester
• Bus services operated by Bee Network operators (First Greater Manchester, Go North West, Stagecoach Manchester, Diamond Bus North West and Metroline Manchester) and private operators including Arriva North West, Belle Vue Coaches, D&G Bus, First West Yorkshire, High Peak Buses, and Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire etc..[http://www.tfgm.com/buses/Pages/bus-operators-table.html Bus Operators] Transport for Greater Manchester
• Maintenance of bus shelters and stations
• Ring & Ride – An accessible, low-cost minibus service for people who have difficulty in using public transport

• Greater Manchester Urban Traffic Control Unit (GMUTC) – responsibility for road management transferred to TfGM in 2009. Entails installation, maintenance and management of traffic signals, limited areas of road safety (2012), incident response and event management via a traffic control centre.
• Cycling – promotion of the Greater Manchester Cycling Strategy and delivery of Cycle Hubs and regional cycle routes

• Bee Card
• Subsidised fares on certain services
• Bee Any Bus travelcards
• Public transport maps and timetables
• Website
• Route Explorer application

File:MML M5000 (3).jpg|{{center|Manchester Metrolink}}
TfGM owns Greater Manchester's light rail/tram system, which includes over 64 miles of track and 99 stops across seven of the ten Greater Manchester boroughs.

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TfGM owns the free bus service around Manchester city centre.

File:TFW 197123 East Didsbury (2) (cropped).jpg|{{center|Heavy rail}}Heavy rail services are provided by train operating companies (TOCs). TfGM subsidises local heavy rail services and helps to fund station improvements across Greater Manchester.

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Bus services in Greater Manchester were deregulated. TfGM owns and maintains bus stations, stops & shelters. It implements the System One multi-operator and multi-modal travelcards, and subsidises some fares, however this is reverted by the new Bee Network, with the network being brought back under local control, with TfGM appointing franchisees to operate the services.

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TfGM is responsible for managing the Key Route Network of major roads, as well as maintenance of traffic signals.

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{{main|Bee Network}}

{{See also|Symbols of Manchester#Worker bee}}

File:Bee Network Oldham Bus Station.png buses operated by Stagecoach Manchester at Oldham bus station in April 2024]]

The Bee Network is an integrated transport network for Greater Manchester, composed of bus, tram, cycling, and walking routes. TfGM's vision is for the network to be operational by 2024, with commuter rail services joining the network by 2030.{{cite web|url=https://tfgm.com/destination-bee-network|title=Destination: Bee Network|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|access-date=24 April 2022}}

Originally devised in 2018 as a network of active travel routes,{{cite web|url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/xfhv954w443t/29vcGqoJoIlEs8giXhvJ6S/055664c9fe693129d12373e22f483f1b/Bee_Network_proposal_FINAL.pdf|title=Bee Network - Greater Manchester's cycling and walking infrastructure proposal|access-date=24 April 2022}} the vision for the Bee Network was expanded following the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's decision to use the powers given to it under the Bus Services Act 2017 to introduce a bus franchising scheme for the city region.{{cite news|url=https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/news/14022022-watch-what-is-the-bee-network/|title=WATCH: What is the Bee Network?|first=Jack|last=Fifield|date=14 February 2022|access-date=24 April 2022}} A fleet of buses were branded and repainted yellow for this in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Greater Manchester: Bee Network bus rebrand cost more than £500k |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl40pdy41zzo |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} The active travel subset of the Bee Network was then renamed the Bee Active Network.{{cite web|url=https://democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/documents/s20608/2022.05.27%20GMCA%20Mayors%20Cycling%20and%20Walking%20Challenge%20Fund.pdf|title=MCF Financial Approvals and Active Travel Funding Additions|date=27 May 2022|access-date=28 May 2022|quote=The fund is being used to deliver the first phase of the Bee Active Network, which is the walking and cycling element of the wider Bee Network}}

Greater Manchester is set to invest a further £40.7m in its walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure as it progresses with its delivery of the largest active travel network in the country. The £23.7m has been allocated to 13 schemes in total, including a new active travel corridor along Chapel Street in Salford and a striking cycling and walking ‘helix ramp’ as part of the new Stockport Interchange.{{cite web | url=https://www.stockport.gov.uk/news/greater-manchester-to-invest-a-further-gbp40-7m-in-active-travel | title=Greater Manchester to invest a further £40.7m in walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure }}

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File:BN Bus stop flag.jpg bus stop flag in 2025]]

TfGM uses a corporate identity designed in-house. The black and white "M" logo is adapted from the GMPTE logo and was used on bus stops across Greater Manchester. After the rollout of Bee Network bus franchising, bus stop signs are replaced by a black “Bus Stop” wording against a yellow background, with the Bee Network logo appearing in the corner of the sign, while the route font remains unchanged.

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• Timeline of public passenger transport operations in Manchester

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• [http://www.tfgm.com/ Official website of Transport for Greater Manchester]
• [http://www.gmita.gov.uk/ Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority]
• [http://www.gmtu.gov.uk/ Greater Manchester Transportation Unit]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911034934/http://www.metromapsoftheworld.com/PipeDreams/PiccVic/ SELNEC plans for urban rapid transport]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070713225500/http://www.gmfuturetransport.org/ Greater Manchester Congestion Charge Proposals]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071105020315/http://www.selnec.org.uk/title.htm The SELNEC Preservation Society]

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