Greater Manchester’s transport strategy is an essential part of the city-region’s wider strategic framework.
Delivering a world-class, integrated public transport network is essential in enabling people to live productive and fulfilling lives; for thriving communities and neighbourhoods; for economic growth and for a green environment and sustainable future.

Greater Manchester Strategy: Our People, Our Place
We want Greater Manchester to be one of the best places in the world to grow up; get on and grow old. The Greater Manchester Strategy outlines our ambitions for the future of our city-region and the 2.8 million of us who live in the towns, cities, communities and neighbourhoods that make up Greater Manchester. It covers health, wellbeing, work and jobs, housing, transport, skills, training and economic growth
Greater Manchester Five Year Environment Plan
This Plan sets out our long-term environmental vision – to be carbon neutral by 2038 – and the urgent actions we all need to take in the next five years to help achieve this.
Greater Manchester Air Quality Action Plan and Clean Air Plan
Greater Manchester, like many urbanised regions of the UK, contains areas that suffer from poor air quality. This Air Quality Action Plan aims to bring together a robust and meaningful set of actions and measures that will bring about an improvement in air quality, to benefit the health of the population.
This sits alongside Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan to bring nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels on local roads within legal limits as soon as possible, as directed by central government.
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Find out what the Bee Network means for you
Say yellow to the Bee Network
The first Bee Network buses are now running in parts of Greater Manchester.
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Visit our Christmas website
Get on Board for Christmas
Find things to do over the festive period, get exclusive offers and sign up to our competition.
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Read our Christmas travel advice
'Tis the (events) season
Information and guidance about travelling in Greater Manchester during the festive period.
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Rate your journey
Rate your journey
We want to hear your views to help us deliver a better Bee Network for Greater Manchester.
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Find out operating times over Christmas
Christmas operating hours
Over the festive period there will be a change to public transport operating times.
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Find out about planned works on the tram
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
Visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works could affect your journeys.
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Find out what the Bee Network means for you
Say yellow to the Bee Network
The first Bee Network buses are now running in parts of Greater Manchester.
-
Read our Christmas travel advice
'Tis the (events) season
Information and guidance about travelling in Greater Manchester during the festive period.
-
Find out operating times over Christmas
Christmas operating hours
Over the festive period there will be a change to public transport operating times.
-
Visit our Christmas website
Get on Board for Christmas
Find things to do over the festive period, get exclusive offers and sign up to our competition.
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Rate your journey
Rate your journey
We want to hear your views to help us deliver a better Bee Network for Greater Manchester.
-
Find out about planned works on the tram
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
Visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works could affect your journeys.