Old gives birth to the new as iconic railway bridge completes

Manchester’s three main railway stations were today connected for the first time by the Ordsall Chord bridge, the historic centrepiece of the Great North...

Once one of the most congested roads,now the A556 is reborn as a green...

A £5 million upgrade of the old A556 between Knutsford and Bowdon in Cheshire has officially been handed to local communities as a new...

Work on Mottram by pass to begin by 2020

Highways England today announced its preferred route for the A57 Mottram bypass. The company also confirmed it would deliver improvements at Westwood roundabout at Tankersley...

Salford Council to consider scrapping free travel for children with special education needs

Parents of children with special educational needs or disabilities may be asked to pay towards the cost of transporting their children to nursery or...

Greater Manchester Women affected by pension changes could benefit from free off peak travel

The move comes after Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, made a commitment in his manifesto to support the women most affected. The group experiencing...

The most bashed Bridge in Manchester

Network Rail today called for lorry drivers across Greater Manchester to know the height of their vehicles to avoid crashing into railway bridges and...

Safety first or cash cow? Report says a third of motorists are caught by...

Up to twelve million driving licence holders receive a penalty notice each year, the equivalent of one every 2.5 seconds according to figures out...

Rail strike set for 8th November

The RMT union has announced another rail strike scheduled for the 8th November in the region as the dispute over driver only trains continues. Services...

27 driver dies after his transit van crashes into houses in Oldham

The 27 year-old man  has died in Oldham after a white transit van he was driving crashed into a row of houses in the...

Greater Manchester’s Guided busway is tops

Services on the guided busway saw a record number of passenger journeys made during the final week of September, at the same time helping...