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Manchester’s festive transport update
National World - LocalTV
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11 months ago
Here is all of our transport news for this week.
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Hello and welcome to Manchester World. This is your travel news for the week beginning
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the 23rd of December 2024.
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Firstly, public transport times. I said this in a video last week, I'm going to repeat
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it just so that you know.
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On Christmas Eve, tram services start at the normal 6am but end before 9pm. Buses will
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be stopping between 6pm and 9pm.
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On Christmas Day, there will be no trams at all and the only bus running will be the Stagecoach
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service 43.
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On Boxing Day, tram services will operate between 7am and 1am, with services running
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every 15 minutes until midnight, and every half hour after midnight until 1am.
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Special bus services will be running, but it's worth checking the website to be sure
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on exactly which services and exactly what times.
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There aren't set to be any major changes to the regular schedule on the 28th, 29th
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or 30th.
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But on New Year's Eve, an amended tram schedule will see services run every 12 minutes between
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6am and 1am, while buses will be largely unchanged, with the exception of a few that will stop
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running at 6pm.
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On New Year's Day, special buses will be running on a few services, so again it's
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worth checking the B network schedule for that.
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As for trains, Northern Rail are running a normal service on the 23rd, have warned that
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there may be no disruption on the 24th, but there are no trains on Christmas or Boxing
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Day.
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Disruption is then definitely expected right up to the 1st of January, with the exception
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of the 30th of December.
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There's a lot of news about trains this week, so we'll stick with the topic for
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a little bit.
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Manchester Victoria has been found to be the worst hit station in the country for cancellations
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across 2024, with 9.5% of all scheduled stops cancelled.
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Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Piccadilly were also in the top 5, with cancelled stops
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of 8.1% and 6.7% respectively.
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Following on from this information, combined with the public transport difficulties that
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so many have faced in Manchester over the festive period, Andy Burnham has been prompted
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to launch an honest review in mid-January on the state of Manchester's public transport
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links, with the goal of further reducing the number of people who drive into the area by
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increasing the amount of services offered.
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Finally, Avanti West Coast staff are striking on New Year's Eve after more than 80% of
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RMT members rejected the latest pay offer from the company.
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It's likely to cause significant disruption on the day, so be sure to plan your journeys
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accordingly.
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That's all for now.
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Merry Christmas and we'll see you next week.
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