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Our plans to make bus links between<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> city centre and Leigh,<br />
Atherton, Middleton and Parrs Wood<br />
<strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Bus Priority Package<br />
September 2012<br />
www.tfgm.com<br />
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What is the bus priority package?<br />
<strong>Transport</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> (TfGM) has been<br />
working with local councils to make plans to make bus<br />
journeys better by:<br />
• making more buses arrive on time<br />
• making bus services more reliable<br />
• making buses travel from a wider area across <strong>Greater</strong><br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>, into <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre.<br />
The plan is to make bus routes better between:<br />
• Leigh<br />
• Atherton<br />
• Middleton<br />
• Parrs Wood and<br />
• <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre<br />
WIGAN<br />
Ince<br />
M6<br />
Hindley<br />
M61<br />
Atherton<br />
Leigh Higher<br />
Folds<br />
Tyldesley<br />
M62<br />
BOLTON<br />
Ellenbrook<br />
Boothstown<br />
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Swinton<br />
Pendlebury<br />
SALFORD<br />
Didsbury<br />
Middleton<br />
Blackley<br />
Harpurhey<br />
Collyhurst<br />
MANCHESTER<br />
Central<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Hospitals<br />
OLDHAM<br />
STOCKPORT<br />
There are also plans to enable buses to travel more easily<br />
through <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre.<br />
M60<br />
M602<br />
M60<br />
M66<br />
M62<br />
Moston<br />
Parrs<br />
Wood<br />
M60<br />
M67<br />
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This will reduce the need <strong>for</strong> passengers to change buses<br />
and walk between city centre stops when travelling from<br />
one place to another.<br />
This will also help people make a journey by using<br />
different <strong>for</strong>ms of public transport (like Metrolink trams<br />
and trains).<br />
TfGM will be looking to spend over £100 million to make<br />
the changes, which will create 25 miles of bus routes<br />
across <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />
This will be the biggest amount of money spent to make<br />
the bus network better in a long time.<br />
This will add to the money TfGM has al<strong>read</strong>y spent on<br />
the Quality Bus Corridor scheme, which made other<br />
important bus routes in <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> better.<br />
What are the benefits of the scheme?<br />
It will make bus journeys faster, arrive on time and more<br />
reliable so journeys will be better <strong>for</strong> passengers.<br />
This will make it easier and better <strong>for</strong> people to use buses<br />
to get to work, schools and colleges, GP’s surgeries, and<br />
shopping and leisure.<br />
Bus<br />
Stop<br />
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The plans will also help bring in more money to make<br />
businesses better because more people can travel to<br />
places by bus.<br />
What changes would be seen along the<br />
routes?<br />
Because the buses will get better, more people would<br />
want to use them.<br />
More than 8 miles of new bus lanes will be introduced<br />
either on or at the side of existing roads.<br />
There will be some sections of road – such as Ox<strong>for</strong>d Road<br />
near the universities and hospital site and certain places<br />
within <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre – that will be closed to<br />
general traffic with access allowed only to buses, hackney<br />
carriages (Black Cabs), emergency vehicles and bicycles.<br />
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WIGAN<br />
Ince<br />
M6<br />
Hindley<br />
BOLTON<br />
<strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong>’s first guided busway will be built on<br />
a 4.5 mile route between Leigh and Ellenbrook, on which<br />
only special buses will be able to travel.<br />
M61<br />
Atherton<br />
Leigh Higher<br />
Folds<br />
Tyldesley<br />
M62<br />
Ellenbrook<br />
Boothstown<br />
Swinton<br />
As well as the plans to make bus services better, TfGM<br />
also want to make travel better <strong>for</strong> people who cycle and<br />
walk.<br />
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M60<br />
M602<br />
Road layouts and traffic signals will be improved to help<br />
reduce traffic jams and work will be done to stop cars and<br />
vans from parking and unloading goods in some places.<br />
Parking bays <strong>for</strong> people who live and go shopping in this<br />
area will also be put in place along parts of Rochdale<br />
Road.<br />
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Pendlebury<br />
SALFORD<br />
M60<br />
Di
Plans are being made to make roads better in residential<br />
areas of Moss Side along Lloyd Street and Cambridge<br />
Street to try to stop drivers who do not live in these<br />
places from using the roads as a short cut.<br />
How will this affect bus services?<br />
The plans cover some of the busiest bus routes in <strong>Greater</strong><br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />
TfGM is talking to bus operators to make sure that the<br />
future bus services which run along them meet the needs<br />
of all passengers.<br />
For example, the plans will help buses to travel more<br />
easily through <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre, so that passengers<br />
do not need to change buses (if they need to do so), and<br />
walk between city centre stops.<br />
This will help more people to get to their destination in<br />
one bus journey.<br />
TfGM will keep working with bus operators to agree which<br />
bus services will run along the routes.<br />
Bus timetables, plans of routes and bus fares and ways a<br />
person can buy a ticket if they need to do so will also be<br />
put in place as the plans are made.<br />
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WIGAN<br />
Ince<br />
M6<br />
Hindley<br />
BOLTON<br />
TfGM will have more control over bus services that<br />
will run along the guided busway between Leigh and<br />
Ellenbrook.<br />
Atherton<br />
M61<br />
Leigh Higher<br />
Folds<br />
Tyldesley<br />
M62<br />
Ellenbrook<br />
Boothstown<br />
Swinton<br />
During the day there will be at least four buses an hour<br />
between Leigh and <strong>Manchester</strong>, and four buses an hour<br />
between Atherton and <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />
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M60<br />
This means there will be a total of eight buses an hour<br />
between Tyldesley and <strong>Manchester</strong> along this route.<br />
M602<br />
All of the services will run through <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre<br />
to the Central <strong>Manchester</strong> Hospitals site on Ox<strong>for</strong>d Road.<br />
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Pendlebury<br />
SALFORD<br />
M60<br />
Di
Mo tu We th Fr Sa Su<br />
The services will not run as often in the evenings and on<br />
Sundays.<br />
TfGM will be able to say what the bus fares and<br />
timetables will be shortly be<strong>for</strong>e the new bus services<br />
begin.<br />
How will these proposals affect car<br />
drivers?<br />
The plans are to make <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong>’s bus network<br />
better without causing too many problems <strong>for</strong> people<br />
who drive cars and lorries.<br />
For people who drive cars there will be:<br />
• better traffic signals to make sure that these help cars<br />
to keep moving at busy times of the day (rush hour)<br />
• bus lanes ending be<strong>for</strong>e junctions so that it will be<br />
easier <strong>for</strong> people who drive.<br />
This will help people who drive pass through road<br />
junctions and traffic lights quickly.<br />
There will also be new road signs installed to help<br />
motorists find the best way to their destination.<br />
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Introducing<br />
Cross City<br />
Bus Travel<br />
between East Didsbury, <strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />
Middleton and Sal<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Help shape the future<br />
Get involved by 24 December 2009<br />
Shaping the future of bus travel<br />
You may have seen these plans be<strong>for</strong>e.<br />
In 2009, TfGM did some work to find out what people<br />
thought and their ideas about some of these plans.<br />
We used some of the things people told us to help make<br />
these plans.<br />
Since then – as well as working with local councils and<br />
bus operators – TfGM has talked to residents, businesses,<br />
universities and hospitals along the bus routes to find out<br />
more about what the plans could help to make better.<br />
TfGM now has the money we need to do the work.<br />
Although some work along these routes can al<strong>read</strong>y be<br />
seen – such as the guided busway junctions at Sale Lane<br />
in Tyldesley, and Newearth Road in Ellenbrook, much<br />
more work will be taking place over the next three years.<br />
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Permission<br />
OPEN AS<br />
USUAL<br />
What happens next<br />
TfGM al<strong>read</strong>y has some of the necessary powers and<br />
permissions we need to start this work. Powers means<br />
local councils have said we can do the work.<br />
There will be more consultation with local residents,<br />
businesses and communities on the full plans in the<br />
coming months because TfGM still need to get permission<br />
to do some of the work.<br />
Once all the plans have been discussed, TfGM will start to<br />
carry out the work in stages to make sure that everyone<br />
can get on with their day to day business as much as<br />
possible.<br />
All work will be finished in 2015.<br />
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What’s happening and when<br />
LEIGH<br />
TWIST LA<br />
LEIGH ROAD<br />
Leigh Bus<br />
Station<br />
P+R<br />
WIGAN RD<br />
Leigh,<br />
Holden Rd<br />
HOLDEN RD<br />
CHAPEL ST<br />
SPINNING<br />
JENNY WAY<br />
Key to map<br />
ATHERTON<br />
Mealhouse Lane<br />
(buses to <strong>Manchester</strong>)<br />
Leigh,<br />
East Bond Street<br />
P+R<br />
Market St<br />
(buses to <strong>Manchester</strong>)<br />
Higher Folds/<br />
Tyldesley West<br />
Atherton<br />
BOLTON RD<br />
TYLDESLEY RD<br />
HIGHER<br />
FOLDS<br />
MANCHESTE R ROAD<br />
ASTLEY ST<br />
EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD<br />
Bus routes to be improved<br />
Guided busway and bus stop<br />
Bus route al<strong>read</strong>y completed<br />
Park and Ride<br />
Rail line<br />
Metrolink line<br />
Metrolink line under construction<br />
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WALKDEN<br />
MANCHESTER ROAD EAST<br />
MANCHESTER RD SALE LA MOSLEY COMM ON RD LEIGH ROAD<br />
WALKDEN ROAD<br />
EAST LANCS ROAD<br />
MANCHESTER ROAD<br />
TYLDESLEY<br />
ELLENBROOK<br />
Walkden<br />
P+R<br />
Tyldesley<br />
Interchange<br />
P+R<br />
MOSLEY<br />
COMMON<br />
BOOTHSTOWN<br />
WORSLEY<br />
Tyldesley,<br />
Ellenbrook,<br />
Newearth Rd<br />
Hough Lane<br />
Tyldesley,<br />
Sale Lane<br />
M60<br />
M61<br />
M60<br />
Moorside<br />
CHORLEY ROAD<br />
SWINTON<br />
EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD<br />
WORSLEY ROAD<br />
ELLESMERE<br />
PARK<br />
BOLTON ROAD<br />
PENDLEBURY<br />
Swinton<br />
SWINTON<br />
PARK<br />
MCR RD<br />
CLAREMONT RD<br />
Clifton<br />
AGECROFT ROAD<br />
BROAD ST<br />
E CCLES OLD ROAD<br />
M602<br />
SEEDLEY<br />
PENDLETON<br />
R. Irwell<br />
CHARLESTOWN<br />
CROMWELL ROAD<br />
FREDERICK ROAD<br />
Sal<strong>for</strong>d Crescent<br />
Sal<strong>for</strong>d<br />
University<br />
SALFORD<br />
CRESCENT CHAPEL ST<br />
Cornbrook<br />
M60<br />
Sal<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Cathedral<br />
Abraham Moss<br />
Woodlands Road<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Victoria<br />
Shudehill<br />
Market St<br />
Sal<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Mosley<br />
Central<br />
St<br />
St Peter’s Sq<br />
Deansgate-Castlefield<br />
OLDFIELD RD<br />
NORTHENDEN<br />
PRINCESS PARKWAY<br />
TRINITY WAY<br />
Deansgate Ox<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Road<br />
Withington<br />
GT DUCIE ST<br />
STRETFORD RD<br />
HULME<br />
PRINCESS ROAD<br />
WATERLOO ROAD<br />
PRINCESS ST<br />
PRINCESS ROAD<br />
CAMBRIDGE ST<br />
HIGHER<br />
CHEETHAM HILL ROAD<br />
MOSS LANE EAST<br />
West Didsbury<br />
BLACKLEY NEW R D<br />
CRESCENT R D<br />
SWAN<br />
ST<br />
Piccadilly<br />
Gardens<br />
W’WORTH ST<br />
OXFORD ROAD<br />
GROSVENOR ST<br />
Burton Road<br />
UPPER BROOK ST<br />
CLAREMONT ROAD<br />
LLOYD ST STH<br />
LLOYD ST<br />
NTH<br />
East Didsbury<br />
R. Merse y<br />
QUEENS ROAD<br />
ROCHDALE ROAD<br />
GT ANCOATS ST<br />
PLATT LANE<br />
WILBRAHAM ROAD<br />
YEW TREE ROAD<br />
New<br />
Islington<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Piccadilly<br />
Didsbury<br />
Village<br />
WATERLOO ST<br />
FACTO RY<br />
LA<br />
HYDE RD<br />
Burnage<br />
MAN CHESTER OLD RD LONG ST<br />
Monsall<br />
OLDHAM ROAD<br />
ST<br />
POLLARD<br />
VICTORIA AVENUE<br />
ROCHDALE ROAD<br />
Ardwick<br />
STOCKPORT ROAD<br />
PLYMOUTH GROVE<br />
WIL MSLOW ROAD<br />
RD<br />
ANSON<br />
Mauldeth<br />
Road<br />
MONSALL RD<br />
BRADFORD RD<br />
ASHTON OLD RD<br />
MAULDETH ROAD WEST MAULDETH RD<br />
CAVENDISH<br />
RD<br />
BARLOW MOOR ROAD<br />
LONGLEY LANE<br />
M56<br />
MOSS<br />
SIDE<br />
PALATINE ROAD<br />
WITHINGTON<br />
BURTON ROAD<br />
DIDSBURY<br />
CRUMPSALL<br />
HIGHER<br />
BLACKLEY<br />
MANCHESTER<br />
FALLOWFIELD<br />
FOG LANE<br />
WILMSLOW ROAD<br />
HATHERSAGE ROA D<br />
RUSHOLME<br />
KINGSWAY<br />
MANCHESTER RD<br />
MIDDLETON<br />
East Didsbury<br />
MANCHESTER NEW ROAD<br />
Holt Town<br />
DICKENSON ROAD<br />
MAINWAY<br />
CH AR LESTOWN ROAD<br />
MOSTON LANE<br />
CHURCH LA<br />
MOSELEY RD<br />
KINGSWAY<br />
BLACKLEY<br />
HARPURHEY<br />
Central <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Hospitals<br />
Christie<br />
Hospital<br />
BIRCHFIELDS RD<br />
Owens<br />
Park<br />
Middleton Bus<br />
Station<br />
BURNAGE LANE<br />
KINGSWAY<br />
BURNAGE LANE<br />
BURNAGE<br />
DIDSBURY ROAD<br />
PARRS WOOD<br />
M60<br />
M60<br />
KINGSWAY<br />
Central Park<br />
MAU L DETH ROAD<br />
LIGHTBOWNE RD<br />
OLDHAM ROAD<br />
ALKRINGTON<br />
GARDEN<br />
VILLAGE<br />
MOSTON<br />
Levenshulme<br />
GRIMSHAW LANE<br />
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What we are doing<br />
Guided busway between Leigh and Ellenbrook<br />
• Local consultation on stop location at Higher Folds /<br />
Tyldesley West<br />
• 4.5 mile guided busway to be built, so that buses can<br />
avoid busy traffic<br />
• Seven fully accessible bus stops along guided busway,<br />
with bus shelters and CCTV<br />
• Path to run alongside busway that can be used by<br />
walkers, cyclists and horse riders<br />
In Atherton and Leigh<br />
• Local consultation on scheme detail<br />
• Working with Wigan Council to improve the route<br />
between Atherton and Tyldesley<br />
• Local consultation<br />
• Bus lane along Spinning Jenny Way, Leigh<br />
• Park & Ride sites at East Bond Street, Tyldesley<br />
Interchange and the M60/A580 junction<br />
When<br />
2012<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2012<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2012<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2014 planned<br />
start of work<br />
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What we are doing<br />
On the East Lancs Road (A580)<br />
• Building 2.5 miles of new bus lane alongside existing<br />
highway<br />
• Converting 2.25 miles of existing highway to bus lane<br />
(there will be a minimum of two lanes available <strong>for</strong><br />
general traffic)<br />
• Improving junctions along A580 to improve bus<br />
reliability, crossing facilities <strong>for</strong> pedestrians, and<br />
minimise congestion<br />
• Buses to use existing bus lanes introduced as part of<br />
recent Chapel Street / A6 improvements<br />
When<br />
2012 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2012 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2012 planned<br />
start of work<br />
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What we are doing<br />
On Rochdale Road through Middleton, Blackley,<br />
Harpurhey and Collyhurst to <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre<br />
Local consultation on scheme detail<br />
• Adding 2.8 kilometres (1¾ miles) of new bus lanes<br />
along Rochdale Road, largely from within existing<br />
carriageway<br />
• Adding around 600m of cycle lanes<br />
• Adding parking bays <strong>for</strong> residents and shoppers at key<br />
locations in Collyhurst, Harpurhey and Blackley.<br />
• Improving some pedestrian crossings<br />
In <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre<br />
• Local consultation on scheme detail<br />
• Changing traffic flows on sections of Aytoun Street,<br />
Portland Street, Sackville Street and Chorlton Street<br />
• Adding cycle lanes at northern end of Sackville Street<br />
• Sections of Portland Street and Princess Street to be<br />
used only by buses, cycles and hackney carriages (black<br />
cabs) and closed to general traffic<br />
When<br />
2012<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013<br />
2014 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2014 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2014 planned<br />
start of work<br />
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What we are doing<br />
On Ox<strong>for</strong>d Road from <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre to the<br />
Central <strong>Manchester</strong> Hospitals site<br />
• Local consultation on scheme detail<br />
• Changing junctions, adding speed reduction measures<br />
and improving pedestrian and cycling facilities along<br />
Lloyd Street / Cambridge Street to discourage this<br />
residential area from being used by additional through<br />
traffic<br />
• Local consultation on this scheme detail<br />
• Improved pedestrian crossings along Upper Brook<br />
Street improving access between Ardwick and<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> University/Ox<strong>for</strong>d Road along with<br />
localised widening of the road to improve the flow of<br />
traffic<br />
• Adding cycle lanes along Ox<strong>for</strong>d Street, Ox<strong>for</strong>d Road<br />
and Grosvenor Street<br />
• 1.6 kilometre (1 mile) section of Ox<strong>for</strong>d Road to be<br />
closed between Grosvenor Street and Hathersage Road<br />
to general traffic. Can only be used by buses, hackney<br />
carriages (black cabs), emergency vehicles and cycles<br />
When<br />
2012<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2013<br />
2013 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2014 planned<br />
start of work<br />
2014 planned<br />
start of work<br />
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Additional scheme-wide benefits<br />
• Improved signing on roads so that car drivers can find<br />
the best route to their destination<br />
• Adds to money al<strong>read</strong>y spent in bus lanes along<br />
Wilmslow Road, Rochdale Road and East Lancs Road<br />
(A580)<br />
• Older bus stops to be upgraded to make them more<br />
accessible<br />
The detailed plans and times of when work will be carried<br />
out can be seen on this web link:<br />
www.tfgm.com/buspriority<br />
How to find out more<br />
<strong>Transport</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> (TfGM) is working with<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> City Council, Rochdale Council, Sal<strong>for</strong>d City<br />
Council and Wigan Council to make sure that all residents,<br />
businesses and other relevant people and organisations<br />
are kept up to date on the plans.<br />
<strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Combined Authority (GMCA), which<br />
represents each of the 10 local authorities in <strong>Greater</strong><br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>, and bus operators are also working with<br />
TfGM to help with the plans.<br />
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TfGM will keep talking to local residents, businesses and<br />
communities along the routes.<br />
Where it has not al<strong>read</strong>y been agreed there will be<br />
community consultations to get the views of residents<br />
and businesses on how the plans will look in their<br />
area – all of whom will be told in advance if any work or<br />
consultation is to be undertaken nearby.<br />
If you want to know more about these plans or how they<br />
will affect you or your local community, please get in<br />
touch:<br />
• by email buspriority@tfgm.com<br />
• online www.tfgm.com/buspriority<br />
• by post<br />
• by phone 0300 123 1177<br />
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This easy <strong>read</strong> document has been produced following<br />
guidance from “Make it clear” published by Mencap.<br />
http://www.mencap.org.uk/make_it_clear.<br />
<strong>Transport</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> would like to<br />
acknowledge the help and advice we received from Bury<br />
people First during the production of this document.<br />
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