Here’s some links to websites that we like and may be of interest to you – let us know if there’s a website you think we should include here:
Local Information
- Manchester Evening News – daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester area
- Inside the M60 – local news website for Manchester
- Saddleworth News – news and information for Saddleworth and the surrounding area
- Manchester Confidential – local news and leisure listings
- Visit Manchester – official tourism site for Greater Manchester
Travel
- GMPTE – Passenger Transport Executive responsible for coordinating transport in Greater Manchester
- GMITA – politically appointed body in charge of transport strategy in Greater Manchester
- System One Travel – multi-operator, multi-mode day tickets and season tickets within Greater Manchester
- Traveline Northwest – Traveline timetable planner for North West England
- PlusBus – rail ticket add-ons for local bus services in the UK
Buses
- Arriva – operator of bus services in South Manchester, Trafford, Bolton and Wigan areas
- First Manchester – operator of bus services in North Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Wigan, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Tameside areas
- Stagecoach Manchester – operator of bus services in South Manchester, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside and Oldham areas
- List of bus operators – a list of other bus operators serving Greater Manchester
Coaches
- National Express – coach services and connections across the UK
- Eurolines – coach services and connections to Ireland and mainland Europe
- Megabus – budget coach operator to locations across the UK
- Terravision – coach service to Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Trains
- Northern Rail – operator of local rail services throughout Greater Manchester and the North of England
- First Transpennine Express – operator of express rail services across the Pennines and to Lancashire, Cumbria and Scotland
- Virgin Trains – operator of express rail services to London
- Cross Country Trains – operator of long-distance rail services to Birmingham, the South West and South Coast
- Arriva Trains Wales – operator of rail services to North Wales and South Wales
- East Midlands Trains – operator of rail services to the East Midlands and East Anglia
Trams
- Metrolink – operator of the light rail system in Greater Manchester
Planes
- Manchester Airport – domestic, European and international flights and connections
- List of airlines – a list of airlines who fly to Manchester
Transport websites
- Omnibuses – long-running blog about the UK bus industry
- Railway Eye – satirical blog about the UK railways
- London Reconnections – blog on transport projects and issues in London
- Fylde Bus Blog – local bus blog focussing on Blackpool and the Fylde coast
- North Wales Coast Railway – news website about the North Wales Coast railway line
- Trams Stop Here! – light rail transit (aka tram) blog with an international slant
- Trentside Traveller – local transport blog based on Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire
- Plymothian Transit – local transport blog based on Plymouth, Cornwall and Devon
- A Transport of Delight – local transport blog based on Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire
Discussion forums
- GMBuses Yahoo Group – mailing list for bus operations in Greater Manchester
- Skyscraper City – forum about Manchester projects and developments, including Metrolink
- uk.railway – newsgroup for discussion of railways in the UK
Other blogs
- East of the M60 – personal blog of Stuart Valentine, “The Travelling Poet”
- My Manchester – personal blog of a bus driver for Stagecoach Manchester
Campaigns and watchdogs
- Passenger Focus – national watchdog for rail services, recently expanded to include bus services
- ACoRP – federation of community rail partnerships and promotion groups
- Bus Users UK – independent group campaigning to improve bus services across the UK
- TravelWatch NorthWest – independent organisation campaigning to improve public transport in the North West
- Campaign for Better Transport – campaigns for “better public transport, lower train fares and less traffic”
- Transport Action Group – transport forum for voluntary and community groups in Manchester
- Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign – campaign group promoting cycling in Greater Manchester
Leisure
- Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester – transport museum and archives for Greater Manchester, mainly buses
- Museum of Science and Industry – steam, aviation, and the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway station
- East Lancashire Railway – preserved railway with steam and diesel trains, based in Bury
- Bury Transport Museum – small museum featuring trains, buses, vans and cars
- Heaton Park Tramway – preserved tramway in Heaton Park, open on Sundays
- Imperial War Museum North – military transport, occasionally even a visiting warship
- Manchester Ship Canal Cruises – trips down the famous canal from Salford Quays to Liverpool
