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TRAINS

National Rail Enquiries, Adlington, Atherton,Blackrod, Bolton, Bromley Cross, Chorley Clifton, Daisy Hill, Entwistle, Farnworth, Hall i'th' Wood, Hag Fold, Horwich Parkway, London Euston, Lostock, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport, Moses Gate, Westhoughton, Wigan North Western, Wigan Wallgate.

Virgin Trains, Northern Rail, Arriva Trains, Qjump Train Booking, Midland Mainline, Eurostar

BUSES

Greater Manchester Public Transport, First Bus, Arriva Buses, National Express, Stagecoach Buses

AIRPORTS

Manchester Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Blackpool Airport, Leeds-Bradford Airport

TRAMS

Metrolink

Rail passengers face big fare rises

Rail passengers are facing big increases in fares

9:32am Friday 21st November 2008

Rail passengers will face big fare rises in the new year with some tickets going up by more than double the rate of inflation.

Metrolink network reopens for Christmas shopping

City centre Metrolink upgrades on track

3:11pm Thursday 20th November 2008

The Metrolink network will be back up to full strength in time for the Christmas rush as the Piccadilly and Piccadilly Gardens stops reopen tomorrow.

'Safer public transport' with charge

2:35pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

TRAVELLING on public transport will become safer if proposals to invest billions in trains and buses in return for a congestion charge are approved, it is claimed.

New Bolton shopper bus takes to the road

JUST THE TICKET: Cllr Cliff Morris, left, and Cllr Norman Critchley at the launch of the free Metroshuttle service around Bolton town centre

8:20am Tuesday 18th November 2008

IT is yellow, red and black, takes 20 minutes to travel around the town centre and has been hailed a “tremendous achievement” for Bolton.

Free Metroshuttle takes off in Bolton

One of the new Bolton shuttle buses

1:10pm Monday 17th November 2008

FREE shuttle buses are ferrying shoppers and commuters around Bolton town centre in a pioneering year-long trial, which started today.

£2.5m boost for Bolton as 13 new buses arrive

BUS BONANZA: The mayor, Cllr Anthony Connell, and Phil Stone, managing director of Arriva North-west and Wales

9:00am Monday 17th November 2008

A £2.5 MILLION fleet of new buses will serve Bolton passengers from today.

TV ad explains transport plan

Countdown to congestion charge vote begins

11:52am Friday 7th November 2008

A TELEVISION advert outlining the main points of the £2.7bn Transport Innovation Fund bid aired for the first time last night.

Bolton rail passengers boost firm's profits

11:49am Friday 7th November 2008

BOLTON rail passengers have played their part in helping a transport company to higher interim profits.

Poppy tram runs through Greater Manchester

Cllr Keith Whitmore (centre) with Metrolink staff Tony Dale and Dennis Laverick, who are former members of the Lancashire Fusiliers.

4:20pm Thursday 6th November 2008

A special poppy tram will run on the Metrolink network in Greater Manchester until November 11 as part of the Armistice Day commemorations.

Attempt to revive Blackburn to Manchester rail link plan

HOPE: Mr Burgess

12:10pm Monday 3rd November 2008

A VITAL transformation of East Lancashire’s rail links with Manchester could be back on track.


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