History of public transport authorities in Manchester
Appearance
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The history of public transport authorities in Manchester details the various organisations that have been responsible for the public transport network in and around Manchester, England, since 1824.
Timeline
[edit]- On 1 January 1824, the first horse bus service started by John Greenwood, the proprietor of the Pendleton Toll Gates
- On 1 March 1865, the Manchester Carriage Company was formed which brought together a number of horse-bus operators in the Manchester area.
- In 1880 this became the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company with some further consolidation, including the Manchester Suburban Tramways Company.
- On 7 June 1901, Manchester Corporation Tramways Department started electric tram operations, as the public operation. The former Carriage Company was wound up in 1903
- In 1906 the first motor buses were bought.[1]
- In 1929 the name was changed to Manchester Corporation Transport Department to reflect the changing to motor buses
- In 1938 the first trolleybus routes are opened, replacing trams[1]
- In 1949, the last tram routes (to Stockport) were closed[1]
- In mid-1966 the name of this public operation was changed to Manchester City Transport.
- At the end of 1966, the last trolleybus routes (to Ashton-under-Lyne) were turned over to motor bus operation[1]
- The 24 hour clock was adopted in 1967.[2]
- On 1 November 1969, control of Manchester City Transport and other surrounding council transport departments were transferred to South East Lancashire North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Executive (SELNEC PTE).[3]
- On 1 April 1974, SELNEC'S operating name became Greater Manchester Transport, and its coverage was expanded. Its operations were directed from three divisional offices (central east, central north west and central south); and eight district offices: Bolton, Bury, Leigh, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside and Wigan.[4]
- During 1974 Greater Manchester Transport was rebranded as the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE). This lasted until 2011.
- On 27 February 1986, Greater Manchester Transport's bus operation was transferred to a separate entity, Greater Manchester Buses Limited,[5] to comply with the Transport Act 1985, adopting the GM Buses trading name.[6]
- On 13 December 1993, GM Buses was further split into GMB North[7] and GMB South[8] on an approximate geographic basis. Just under four months later they were sold to employee buy out teams.
- In February 1996, GMB South was sold to Stagecoach Group, becoming Stagecoach Manchester.
- In March 1996, GMB North was sold to First Bus, eventually becoming First Greater Manchester.[9]
- In April 2011. GMPTE became Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Brown, Stewart J., ed. (February 2000). 1968 North West Bus Handbook. Wellington: British Bus Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 1-897990-65-0.
- ^ Manchester City Transport (June 1967) Timetable; cover
- ^ Greater Manchester Transport and beyond Archived 28 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Selnec Preservation Society
- ^ Greater Manchester Transport; Central divisions (February 1975) Time Table; p. 3
- ^ Companies House extract company no 1992869 Greater Manchester Buses Limited
- ^ Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive and Greater Manchesger Commercial Motor 26 July 1986
- ^ Companies House extract company no 2818607 First Manchester Limited formerly Greater Manchester Buses North Limited
- ^ Companies House extract company no 2818654 Greater Manchester Buses South Limited
- ^ A Short History of Public Transport in Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Transport Society, archived from the original on 10 November 2010, retrieved 18 July 2010
- ^ "All change: Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive becomes Transport for Greater Manchester – with a new logo of course", Manchester Evening News, 11 January 2013, retrieved 19 February 2018