About travel training in Greater Manchester
Travelling independently can be a challenge for some people, limiting access to social, health and employment opportunities.
Travel training teaches young people and adults who need additional support to make journeys using public transport safely and confidently on their own.
‘Travel training’ can involve:
- Short term support: Familiarising people with how public transport works in their area, giving them confidence to use it alone.
- Long term support: One-to-one personalised training programme over a period of weeks or months.
TfGM promote travel training as part of accessible transport for everyone living or working in Greater Manchester.
More information about travel training good practice
Travel training schemes in Greater Manchester
The Travel training guidance has been created to help organisations, schools, colleges or any other service interested in setting up a scheme or improve an existing scheme. All of the boroughs in Greater Manchester have travel training schemes as well as some of the schools and colleges.
Click on one of the links below for more information on the various schemes in each area:
- Members of GMTTF Travel training in Bolton by Pure Innovations (external link)
- Travel training in Bury by Pure Innovations (external link)
- Travel training in Oldham (external link)
- Travel Training in Stockport by Pure Innovations (download Word document)
- Manchester Travel Training Partnership (download Word document)
- Trafford Independent Travel Training (external link)
- Travel training in Wigan (external link)
- The Redwood School Independent Travel Programme
New travel training resources for young people
As part of a wider initiative to support young people, we have worked with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Greater Manchester Police and other local partners to develop a range of travel training resources.
These materials are designed to support young people on their journey towards independent travel, promoting well-being by helping them build confidence and develop essential skills at their own pace. They include:
- A Greater Manchester Independent Travel Guide, offering practical guidance on journey planning, ticketing, staying safe, overcoming common challenges, and accessing further support.
- A series of four short films, covering how to travel by bus, tram, and train, and how to buy tickets.
The resources were co-created with individuals with additional needs, in partnership with Manchester’s Digital Independent Specialist College (DISC) for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and SEND Code, a Manchester-based digital agency that empowers talented young neurodivergent creatives.
These resources will be available on this webpage and should be available in summer 2025.
Greater Manchester Travel Training Forum (GMTTF)
The GMTTF meets four times a year in March, June, September and December.
Meetings are hosted by Transport for Greater Manchester at the Head Office, 2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BG.
Membership is free.
If you would like to join the GMTTF, please contact Kevin Northrop k.northrop@lancasterian.manchester.sch.uk