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There are currently two sources of information for what is on offer for Salford:

An AGMA Paper provided for the AGMA Council meeting listing the five Press Releases published on 9th June 2008

and

The AGMA/GMPTA website www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk.

 

Click on each of the Headings to go to a page which will have a running update of information about that part of Salford's quota. As information becomes available it will be woven into the sentences.

We will seek confirmation of the accuracy of each statement we add from either the Department for Transport, Government Office for the North West, AGMA, GMPTA, GMPTE or Salford City Council. Where we have not been able to confirm the accuracy the added information we will  state clearly who we are asking for confirmation.

This analysis of the public statements and the follow up information and correspondence is being undertaken by Worsley Civic Trust

 

These are the changes specific to Salford listed in the AGMA Press Releases of 9th June 2008

 

Salford        The AGMA Statement of the changes on offer for Salford

In Salford the TIF package will see a much improved bus service to outlying areas and improved services and connectivity in local bus routes.  The tram network extended to destinations including Manchester Airport, East Didsbury and Ashton under Lyne and funds have been earmarked for Trafford Park and the Trafford Centre. The improvements to the tram network with the improved new bus routes will create direct links to currently hard to reach parts of the city. In addition, a facility to make interchanges easier between buses and trains will be built close to Salford Central station.The number of seats on trains will increase on routes via Swinton and Eccles. Salford Central and Salford Crescent railway stations will be significantly improved. Major improvements on bus services to neighbourhoods in outlying areas of the city

• Local bus service improvements across Salford  including improved connections to Salford Quays / Media City from neighbouring parts of Salford and Trafford
• Leigh – Salford – Manchester bus transit scheme with high frequency services, premium quality vehicles, CCTV and real time passenger information at stops 
• Improved connections between trains and buses in the Salford Central area
• Access to a much expanded range of destinations by Metrolink as a result of the network expansion from Eccles, Salford Quays/ Media City
• Significant improvements to Rail Stations:
• Major investment at Salford Central and Salford Crescent
• Investment in improved real time passenger information, CCTV and signage at Walkden, Eccles and Irlam
• Extra carriages on rail lines via Swinton and Eccles  

 

 

These changes to transport in Salford are what's on offer in the TIF Bid as portrayed on the special GMPTA website  www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk as published on 25th June 2008

 

 

Metrolink      Metrolink Page

Extending the service to more people and places.

The TIF proposals include better Metrolink connections and more trams to increase passenger capacity to and from Eccles and Salford Quays/ Mediacity UK to a wide variety of new destinations, thanks to an expanded tram network.

The frequency of trams to Pomona, Exchange Quay, Salford Quays, Anchorage and Harbour City will double to every six minutes by autumn 2010.

By summer 2012, the new connections will mean trams every 12 minutes from:

•    Eccles to Ashton-under-Lyne.

•    the new Mediacity UK development to Ashton.

Bus       Bus Page

In Salford the TIF package will see a much improved bus service to outlying areas and improved services and connectivity in local bus routes. The tram network extended to destinations including Manchester Airport, East Didsbury and Ashton under Lyne and funds have been earmarked for Trafford Park and the Trafford Centre.

Train      Train Page

Salford is served by routes from Bolton, Wigan and Liverpool. Currently 49 carriages operate on the local services and the Department for Transport is committed to providing additional capacity on trains, adding extra carriages for peak services.

Station improvements

Train stations at Walkden, Eccles and Irlam will be made more welcoming, with CCTV, real-time information and improved signs. It will be easier to transfer between Metrolink and bus services in Eccles.

Salford Central and Salford Crescent stations will be significantly improved, with trains from Eccles, able to stop at Salford Central for the first time.

And by providing extra security, including CCTV, at most stations, passenger confidence and safety will be much increased.

Up-to-the-minute passenger information will be introduced at the majority of train stations, showing exactly when services are due to arrive. This information could also be available by text or email, so passengers will know the status of their chosen service before they set off.

Bus Network Proposals      Bus Network Proposals Page

A new network of bus services for Greater Manchester is being developed and will be up and running by the summer of 2013.

The network will ensure that 90% of the population of the borough of Salford lives within a five-minute walk of bus services, running at least every 20 minutes during the day time, Monday to Saturday and at least every 30 minutes for week-day early mornings and evenings, and on Sundays.

Local services to places like Eccles will be increased by to 20% in the early morning and evenings and up to 12% during the peak periods.

On main radial 'corridors' (the main routes surrounding the city) to the city centre, no less than eight buses an hour will run throughout the day, with at least 3 buses an hour in the evenings and on Sundays.

In Salford, new bus routes will create direct links to other parts of Greater Manchester. The introduction of bus transit from Bolton to Manchester and along Oxford Road will provide bus priority improvements, with buses operating every eight minutes. This service will link Irlams o' th' Height and Manchester Royal Infirmary, via Salford University and the city centre.

A new Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit service will provide a fast, priority service to both Wigan and Leigh running through Chapel Street and Salford Crescent. These high quality buses will run every eight minutes.

The Locks and Quays Bus service will operate every 20 minutes from Salford Crescent Station to Mediacity UK and on to Oxford Road station.

Local services to other centres, such as Eccles, will have no fewer than three buses an hour and at least two an hour at evenings and Sundays.

By creating dedicated bus lanes, delays will be reduced and journey times will be more reliable.

By introducing vehicle location technology, we will be able to make services run more efficiently and reliably. The technology will also allow for new passenger information displays to be provided at stops and stations giving up-to-the-minute information on bus services. Improving passenger information in this way will make public transport easier for people to use.

A new bus interchange is proposed close to Salford Central train station. Along with making changing from different forms of transport easier, the new interchange will also help open up job opportunities to the Chapel Street area.

All new buses will have low floors to make it easier for people to get on and off.

School Run      School Run Page

Currently 36 Yellow school buses operate across Greater Manchester. The TIF package will bring 120 Yellow School Buses to the city region.

These will provide services across the charging rings where parents will otherwise drive children to school.

Allocating TIF funding to these places will allow a roll out of an additional 170 school buses to other parts of the city-region through the next decade from other funding.

Integration      Integration Page

Joining up bus, tram and rails services into a genuine and easy to use network is at the heart of the TIF package.

The present fares system is very complex and particularly off-putting for people trying to make one journey using two or more different forms of public transport. We will work with the operators, who set the fares on buses and trains, to develop and introduce a simple and easy to use fares and ticketing system. This could include:

•    An electronic smartcard which can be used for daily or weekly passes, or on a "pay as you go" basis. This will be more convenient for users, and also mean that the current hold-ups caused by people queuing for tickets will be greatly reduced. The card could automatically cap the amount the passenger pays at the price of the appropriate day (or longer period) ticket. So people won't have to decide in advance whether or not to buy a day or period ticket

•    Improving bus network integration, and co-ordinating bus, train and tram systems so that passengers could buy one ticket for the whole of their journey, even if they are changing en route. This will also protect passengers from being unduly penalised for changing vehicles.

•    Fare structures will be simpler and easier to understand.

Car      Car Page

A new traffic control system will speed up traffic and avoid jams, providing better information and improved traffic management.

The TIF Package aims to tackle congestion at the times, places and direction that it does greatest harm to the Greater Manchester economy.

Fewer than 20% of Greater Manchester's peak-time commuting drivers will pay a charge. The average charge paid will be less than £3* per week day at 2007 prices.

The congestion charge is designed to tackle congestion at the time, place and direction where it is at its worst. The system is based on two charging rings, picking up vehicles heading towards Manchester in the morning peak period and outward, away from Manchester in the evening peak period.

Income will go to support the TIF package of transport improvements.

The charge will reduce congestion on our roads at the busiest time.

 

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