Screenshot of Street View image of Princess PArkway canteen
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Depot Chat

For those of you unfortunate enough to be flying back into the UK's, ahem, best airport, Manchester, from your winter sun and ski trips during the Christmas period, you might have noticed a field of gold....er, yellow, under…
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Breaking: CAZ scrapped

Manchester's long-paused CAZ has finally been scrapped by Government today. The scheme, which has was paused with days to run before it went live and referred back to Westminster in 2022, planned to charge upto £60 a day…
Speed Read… but not behind the wheel
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Speed Read… but not behind the wheel

Two BNC meetings condensed into one article because I'm rather slow in writing these things. Before we start, a quick note that another tram derailed on 13th September. 3049 along with an unidentified mate fouled the outbound points…
Wigan Bus Station front entrance
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Taps On

GMCA met on 26th September. Highlights: An annual ticket for the bus network priced at £800 will be introduced at T3. To aid with the up-front payment TfGM have teamed up with local credit unions. Bravo. The only…
Peak-y Blinders
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Peak-y Blinders

First, we head to the High Peak's version of Wigan... Glossop. It sits in a strange position at the foot of the Peak District National Park meaning it's somewhat shielded from the rest of the High Peak by…
Andy Burnham at DJ Decks, headphones around his neck.
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DJ (Yellow) Double Deckers

Dearest gentle readers, rejoice! There's finally some news to bring to your eyeballs. Following on from his trip back to the Downing St Cabinet table yesterday, Mayor B got stuck in and publicly announced a few Bee related…
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Pay Rates

Apologies for the major delay in my ramblings, I know you're sorely missing and overdue them, but unfortunately all my sources have dried up and I've hit my own dreaded bout of 'slow news day', just multiplied by…
BYD ADL Enviro400EVs sat at Oldham depot under the new charging gantries displaying "Transport for Manchester". Courtesy: Transport for GREATER Manchester
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Spontaneous Combustion

Congratulations are in order for Mayor B for storming to a third term in May's elections, winning a massive 63% majority on a pathetic 32% turnout. However, more concerning to me was the amount of rejected ballots. 5,…
Bee Day 2
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Bee Day 2

Better late than never, approximately 4 weeks late, here's my little round up of Bee Day 2 action, heralding the arrival of tranche 2. By all views, things were cracking on much more smoothly this time round. Stagecoach…