Manchester’s Metroshuttle
Manchester has a network of three free Metroshuttle buses that you can use in the City Centre.
My big complaint about the system is the limited hours. Surely, in a busy City Centre a bus service like this should go on later than 19:00.
I also feel that the stops away from Piccadilly station could be better designed with more information and local maps.
The Anonymous Widower 
Yes I’ve been saying this for years! I agree. They only set up the free buses because there were originally targets set to increase usage of buses. The deregulated bus services up here are so dire that the overall usage is declining, and so the only way to increase bus usage is to run them for free!!
Add to that the fact that GMPTE charges by mode for passes unlike in London where passes are charged by distance (the zones). So if you travel from Marple to Bury by train and tram you effectively pay twice (once for the train pass into town and once for the tram pass out), but if you travel from Marple to Bolton you just pay once for a train pass! Hardly integration is it, but then GMPTE would struggle to run a bath.
Comment by Robin | November 10, 2015 |
I think Manchester needs a Borken, so if he or she doesn’t perform on transport, they get voted out.
These mode change will always be a problem. TfL had one at Hackney if you changed from Abellio from Walthamstow to the OIverground. They’ve solved it by putting in a walkway and if you touch entering the walkway, you don’t get charged twice.
Comment by AnonW | November 10, 2015 |