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The GMPTE is the executive arm of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) which funds and makes policies for the GMPTE. The authority is made up of thirty-three councilors appointed from each of the ten Greater Manchester districts (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) The Metropolitan borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. ... The Metropolitan borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in the northwest of England. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For the main settlement, see Oldham. ... Rochdale shown within England Sovereign state Constituent country Region North West England Ceremonial county Greater Manchester Admin HQ Rochdale (Town Hall) Founded 1 April 1974 Borough status Government  - Type Metropolitan borough  - Governing body Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council  - Mayor Cllr. ... For the individual settlement, see Salford. ... For the main settlement, see Stockport. ... Motto: Industry and Integrity Tameside shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state Constituent country Region North West England Ceremonial county Greater Manchester Admin HQ Ashton-under-Lyne Founded 1 April 1974 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough  - Governing body Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council  - Mayor Cllr. ... For other uses, see Trafford (disambiguation). ... The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. ...

GMPTE's main headquarters as of January 2007 is in 2 Piccadilly Place, in Manchester City Centre. City of Manchester. ...

Functions

The GMPTE does not actually run passenger services, but is responsible for:

• Subsidising some bus services which are considered socially necessary but would not otherwise be viable, and providing bus stops and shelters.
• Managing the funding and administration of concessionary fares for the elderly and disabled etc. GMPTE also runs "Ring-and-Ride" services for the disabled.
• The GMPTE is responsible for specifying fares and service levels of local train services operating from the county.
• GMPTE owns the Manchester Metrolink light-rail system, it was operated under a concession by a private company called Serco until taken over by Stagecoach on Sunday 15th July 2007 on a fixed contract, with the concession being taken over by GMPTE
• It funds, promotes and manages major county-wide public transport initiatives such as transport interchanges and the Metrolink.
• GMPTE is also responsible for providing information about public transport services, and operates multi-modal ticketing schemes.

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History

SELNEC PTE

What became the GMPTE was originally created in 1969 by the Transport Act 1968. At the time the conurbation surrounding Manchester was divided between the two counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Because of this, the executive was originally known as the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive (SELNEC standing for 'South East Lancashire North East Cheshire') a joint authority of the various local councils was created to administer it. The Transport Act 1968 (1968 c. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ...

The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area was defined as:

(a) the county boroughs of the Cities of Manchester and Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Stockport;

(b) so much of the administrative county of the County Palatine of Chester as is comprised in the following county districts or parts of such districts, that is to say

(i) the boroughs of Altrincham, Dukinfield, Hyde, Sale and Stalybridge;

(ii) the urban districts of Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hale, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, Longdendale, Marple and Wilmslow;

(iii) the rural districts of Disley and Tintwistle;

(iv) so much of the rural district of Bucklow as is comprised in the following parishes: Carrington, Partington and Ringway;

(v) so much of the rural district of Macclesfield as is comprised in the of parish of Poynton-with-Worth;

(c) so much of the administrative county of Derby as is comprised in the borough of Glossop;

(d) so much of the administrative county of the County Palatine of Lancaster as is comprised in the following county districts, that is to say

(i) the boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Eccles, Farnworth, Heywood, Leigh, Middleton, Mossley, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Stretford and Swinton and Pendlebury;

(ii) the urban districts of Atherton, Audenshaw, Chadderton, Crompton, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth, Horwich, Irlam, Kearsley, Lees, Little-borough, Little Lever, Milnrow, Ramsbottom, Royton, Tottington, Turton, Tyldesley, Urmston, Wardle, Westhoughton, Whitefield, Whitworth and Worsley;

(e) so much of the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire as is comprised in the urban district of Saddleworth.^[1]

From November 1, 1969 the PTE took over the bus fleets of eleven municipalities: is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...

• Manchester Corporation (1,250 vehicles)
• Salford Corporation (271 vehicles)
• Bolton Corporation (249 vehicles)
• Oldham Corporation (180 vehicles)
• Stockport Corporation (145 vehicles)
• Rochdale Corporation (130 vehicles)
• Bury Corporation (96 vehicles)
• Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board
• Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation (60 vehicles)
• Leigh Corporation (57 vehicles)
• Ramsbottom Urban District Council (12 vehicles)^[2]

On January 1, 1972, SELNEC PTE acquired depots in Altrincham, Glossop, Oldham, Stockport and Urmston along with buses and services, from the National Bus Company subsidiary North Western.^[3] For other uses, see Salford (disambiguation). ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... For other uses, see Rochdale (disambiguation). ... This article is about the town of Bury in North West England. ... Statistics Population: 22,568 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ963985 Administration District: Tameside Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Cheshire / Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North... , Hyde is a town within the Tameside borough of Greater Manchester, England. ... , Mossley is a small town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in Greater Manchester with a population of 44,400 (2001 estimate). ... , Leigh a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is 11 miles (18 km) west of Manchester, and 6 miles (10 km) south east of Wigan. ... Ramsbottom is a small town on the border of Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Altrincham ( ) (IPA: , Oltringum) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Glossop is a market town within the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... Urmston is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. ... The National Bus Company was a bus company in the United Kingdom. ...

Greater Manchester PTE

A GMPTE Bus Flag.

When the new Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was created on April 1, 1974 the executive was renamed to its present title, with the county council replacing the joint transport authority. The PTE also acquired the bus operations of Wigan Corporation with 130 vehicles. Further expansion of saw the acquisition of Warburton's Coaches in November 1975; and Lancashire United Transport and Godfrey Abbot in January 1976. The double 'M' logo was first seen around 1974 and still survives to this day. It was used on the side of buses next to the words "Greater Manchester Transport" displayed in upper and lower case helvetica letters. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1078 KB)Mark Ovenden, June 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1078 KB)Mark Ovenden, June 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The six metropolitan counties shown within England The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level subnational entity in current use in England. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... , Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. ... Lancashire United Transport was a former bus company based in Atherton. ...

Following the abolition of the Greater Manchester County Council in 1986, a new Passenger Transport Authority was created to administer the GMPTE, made up of councillors from the Greater Manchester district councils. Apart from printed material and logos etched in glass on the side of bus shelters, GMPTE began a programme of adding their logo to 101 train station nameboards in the area in the 1990s. This idea was later extended to a re-design of the bus stop flag in 2000 resulting in a unified corporate appearance containing the double M logo. The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the former upper-tier administrative body for Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in England. ...

Deregulation and Privatisation of Bus Services

In order to prepare for bus deregulation the PTE's bus operations passed to Greater Manchester Buses Limited (trading as GM Buses) in October 1986. The company was owned at "arm's length" by the PTE, and had to compete in the deregulated market. In preparation for privatisation, the company was split into GM Buses North and GM Buses South on December 13, 1993. Both companies were sold to their management on March 31, 1994. Both companies were sold to major groups in 1996: GM Buses South to Stagecoach in February, GM Buses North to First Group in March. Bus deregulation in Great Britain came into force on 26 October 1986, and is formally known as the 1985 Transport Act. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Stagecoach Group plc (LSE: SGC) is a leading international transport group operating bus, train, tram, express coach and ferry operations. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ...

GMPTE and the GMPTA are working with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities to produce proposals for the Manchester Congestion Charge, which they claim will significantly improve public transport in the area funded by charging motorists entering the city at peak times. A consultation document was sent out to residents during July 2008. A map of Greater Manchester highlighting the two cordons in red. ...

Future

GMPTE are developing a ITSO compliant smartcard known as Readycard.

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References

1. ^ The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969 (1969 No. 95)
2. ^ The Bus Book, G Booth & S J Brown, London, 1984
3. ^ A National Bus Company Album, R Stenning, Wiveliscombe, 1979

External links

• GMPTE's website
• Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
• Greater Manchester Transportation Unit
• SELNEC plans for urban rapid transport
• Greater Manchester Congestion Charge Proposals
• The SELNEC Preservation Society

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