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| Abbreviation | TfGM |
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| Predecessor | Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive |
| Formation | 1 April 2011; 14 years ago (2011-04-01) |
| Type | Public body |
| Purpose | Transport authority |
| Headquarters | Piccadilly Place, Manchester |
Region served | Greater Manchester |
Commissioner | Vernon Everitt |
Managing Director | Steve Warrener |
Parent organisation | Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) |
| Budget | £330.6 million |
| Website | www |
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is a local government body responsible for co-ordinating transport services throughoutGreater Manchester inNorth West England. It is an executive arm of theGreater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), thecity region's administrative authority. The strategies and policies of Transport for Greater Manchester are set by the GMCA and its Greater Manchester Transport Committee (GMTC). The committee is made up of 33 councillors appointed from the ten Greater Manchester boroughs (Bolton,Bury,Manchester,Oldham,Rochdale,Salford,Stockport,Tameside,Trafford andWigan), as well as theMayor of Greater Manchester.[1]
TfGM ownsMetrolink, which is operated and maintained under contract by aKeolis/Amey consortium.[2][3] TfGM also owns Greater Manchester's cycle hire scheme, and is responsible for cycling and walking infrastructure. TfGM owns and maintains bus stations, stops & shelters, however bus services arederegulated in Great Britain outside London. Following the passing of theBus Services Act 2017, Greater Manchester became the first city-region to start the process of bus franchising, returning bus services to public control.[4][5]
TfGM is responsible for developing theBee Network, anintegrated transport network for Greater Manchester. The Bee Network is proposed to include a single transport livery, integrated fares & ticketing, and a fare cap across tram, bus, cycling, walking, and eventually suburban rail. In January 2025, all Metrolink trams andfranchised buses services were integrated, along with cycle hiring services.[6] Negotiations with central government have led to the agreement that eight commuter lines across Greater Manchester andNorth Derbyshire will be progressively transferred to TfGM control of fare and service specification between December 2026 and December 2028 with the introduction of multi-modal fare caps with tram and bus, tap and go ticketing, and 64 rail stationsrefurbished and branded Bee Network. The remaining 32 stations across Greater Manchester lying on other rail lines will then follow by 2030.[7]
The organisation traces its origins to theTransport Act 1968, when the SELNEC (South East Lancashire/North East Cheshire) Passenger Transport Executive was established to co-ordinatepublic transport in and aroundManchester. Between 1974 and 2011, it was known as theGreater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE), until a reform of local government in Greater Manchester granted it more powers and prompted a corporate rebranding.[8] On 1 April 2011, the GMPTE became Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM),[9] a new regional transport body forGreater Manchester[10][11][12] that forms part of the newGreater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
TfGM inherited the responsibilities of theGreater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive established in 1974. At the same time theGreater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) was abolished, with responsibility for oversight of the executive transferred to the combined authority.[13]
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.[14]
TheManchester Metrolink light rail/tram system launched in 1992, entirely subsidised by TfGM without a government grant and operated byKeolisAmey.[15] It carried 43.7 million passengers in the 2018/19financial year.[16] It has 99 tram stops, with further expansion of the network to places like Stockport and Bolton envisaged.
Heavy rail services are operated byAvanti West Coast,CrossCountry,East Midlands Railway,Northern,TransPennine Express andTransport for Wales.[17] TfGM subsidise fares on certain local services and fund station refurbishments on an ad hoc basis.[citation needed] Many local rail journeys can be paid for with the TfGMBee Card.[citation needed]
Bus services operated byBee Network operators (First Greater Manchester,Go North West,Stagecoach Manchester,Diamond Bus North West andMetroline Manchester) and private operators includingArriva North West, Belle Vue Coaches,D&G Bus,First West Yorkshire,High Peak Buses, andStagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire etc.[18]TfGM is responsible for maintenance of bus shelters and stations
Other bus services include:
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The Bee Network is anintegrated 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.[20]
Originally devised in 2018 as a network ofactive travel routes,[21] the vision for the Bee Network was expanded following theGreater Manchester Combined Authority's decision to use the powers given to it under theBus Services Act 2017 to introduce a bus franchising scheme for the city region.[22] A fleet of buses were branded and repainted yellow for this in 2024.[23] Theactive travel subset of the Bee Network was then renamed theBee Active Network.[24]
Greater Manchester is set to invest a further £40.7 million in its walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure as it progresses with its delivery of the largest active travel network in the country. The £23.7 million 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.[25]
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.[citation needed]
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
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