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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...
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    executive arm of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), the city region's administrative authority. The strategies and policies of Transport for Greater...
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    developed in the 2000s by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities in the Greater Manchester Strategy. It is a strategic authority with powers...
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    The transport infrastructure of Greater Manchester is built up of numerous transport modes and forms an integral part of the structure of Greater Manchester...
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    Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA, 1986-2011) was the local government association for Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North...
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  • to find the most suitable types for Manchester use. History of public transport authorities in Manchester Manchester Corporation Tramways Gray 1977, p. 53...
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  • PTEs and passenger transport authorities (PTAs) were established in the late 1960s by the Transport Act 1968 as transport authorities serving large conurbations...
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    The history of Manchester encompasses its change from a minor township in Lancashire to an industrial metropolis in the United Kingdom and the world....
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    cent of public transport journeys in Greater Manchester were made by bus, amounting to 220 million passenger journeys each year. After deregulation in 1986...
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    Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Manchester city centre...
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    enthusiasm (Manchester University Press, 2017). Mom, Gijs. "What kind of transport history did we get? Half a century of JTH and the future of the field...
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  • in Manchester Manchester Corporation Tramways "A Short History of Public Transport in Greater Manchester", Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, archived...
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    Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, which was superseded by the GMCA, the new authority was created on 1 April 2011. On the same day, the Transport for...
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    momentum. The SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive — the body formed in 1969 to improve public transport for Manchester and its surrounding municipalities...
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    The history of rail transport began before the beginning of the common era. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means...
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    responsibilities (such as emergency services and public transport) to the county-wide Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and joint boards. The Local Government...
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  • help pay for improvements in public transport, with £3 billion in the form of a grant and loan, in particular for the Manchester Metrolink expansion, and...
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    Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) for use on public transport services in Greater Manchester, England. It was first announced and confirmed in June...
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  • from the £100 million profit. Manchester Airport opened in 1938 funded by Manchester Corporation, and has remained in public ownership ever since. It is...
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    The economy of Manchester is among the largest in England. Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. It lies within the United...
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    Local government in England broadly consists of three layers: civil parishes, local authorities, and regional authorities. Every part of England is governed...
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    of local authorities to pool appropriate responsibility and receive certain devolved functions from central government in order to deliver transport and...
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    following is a timeline of the history of the city of Manchester in north west England. c. 79 – Romans build a wooden fort at Mamucium in the Castlefield area...
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    or station for public transport in London and Manchester is 10 minutes. Freight transport has undergone similar changes, increasing in volume and shifting...
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    Manchester is a populous city in the North West of England. Its total population as of 2021 is 551,938. This article focuses on the district, that being...
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    2009, retrieved 7 July 2009 A Short History of Public Transport in Greater Manchester, Museum of Transport, Manchester, archived from the original on 10...
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    Passenger Transport Executive, and spans its inauguration in 1992 and the successive phases of expansion. Trams had previously operated on Manchester streets...
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  • Bee Network (category Transport in Greater Manchester)
    an integrated transport network for Greater Manchester, comprising bus, tram, cycling and walking routes. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is expected...
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  • Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) to secure £1.5 billion from the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF), a major public transport funding mechanism in England...
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    British Transport Police (BTP; Welsh: Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig) is a national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales...
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