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Following on from the GMCA's decision to bring in a bus franchising scheme under the Bus Services Act 2017 in March 2021, the Bee Network concept was expanded to cover all forms of public transport – tram, bus and commuter rail – as well as active travel. The active travel component of the network was rebranded as the Bee Active Network.
Rochdale Interchange is a transport hub located in the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, run by the Bee Network (TfGM) It was opened in November 2013, integrating a new bus station with Rochdale Town Centre tram stop. [1]
The service was originally numbered in 1914 when the Manchester Corporation Tramways route from Manchester High Street to Middleton was numbered 17. [1] In 1925, the Middleton tram route was joined to the routes of the former Middleton Electric Traction Company and on 9 August 1925 [2] Manchester corporation trams began to run through to ...
Bee Network buses operated by Stagecoach Manchester at Oldham bus station in April 2024. The Bee Network is a proposed integrated transport network for Greater Manchester, composed of bus, tram, cycling, and walking routes. TfGM's vision is for the network to be operational by 2024, with commuter rail services joining the network by 2030. [19]
[18] The service attracted about 28,000 passengers per week when it started in April 2016 rising to 45,000 by the autumn and 55,000 in the run up to Christmas 2016. [19] In the first year more than 2.1 million passengers were carried; increasing to approximately 2.6 million in the second, [20] and 3 million in the third. [18]
It is a high-frequency service, with trams running 5 times an hour on every route. It carried 44.3 million passengers in the financial year 2019/2020. [26] Trams first appeared on the streets of Manchester in 1877 and by 1901 were taken over and electrified by Manchester Corporation Tramways. The system grew to the third largest in the UK but ...
Whitefield is well served by buses, with some services stopping outside the station. The Bee Network's 98 and 135 services both stop on nearby Bury New Road and run between Bury and Manchester with the 98 running via Radcliffe and Prestwich and the 135 service, which runs frequently via Heaton Park and Cheetham Hill.
As of March 2024, most services from Bury Interchange are operated on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (Bee Network), with a large amount being run by Stagecoach Manchester and Go North West, with a smaller amount being run by Diamond Bus North West and First Manchester, all of which are operated under the new franchised Bee Network integrated system. [3]