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,…
9 May 2024
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…
19 April 2024
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T3 Announcement Delayed

There's some news trickling out that the union at a large operator have told their members that the T3 announcement that was due tomorrow has been "postponed until further notice". Whilst there's been no official public acknowledgement by…
21 March 2024
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Late and Live: Rolling Down From Heaven

Over 2 years of building work on the £135m new Stockport Interchange completed this week and was opened today (Sunday 17th March). Reaction online from the public seems quite positive. There's a 2-acre garden on the roof, and…
17 March 2024
Jumping The Gun
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Jumping The Gun

When I brought you news last week of First's spurious registration of a football service from Shaw Wren's Nest to the Etihad, I unknowingly managed to 'break' some breaking news! Again, don't say I don't bring you anything…
15 February 2024
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Supersonic Paint Jobs

The BNC kicked off their "busy year ahead" by sitting on 25th January. Mayor B turned up 1hr 26minutes late and immediately got to work angrily berating Avanti WC's managing director for poor reliability/performance (who I must say…
8 February 2024