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Road, Rail, Air & Public
Transport in Greater Manchester
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Manchester
is very well served by its transport systems. It is probably
surrounded by more road systems than any other city in Britain
and lies at the heart of a national transport infrastructure
of rail and motorway networks. There are numerous ways of
getting around, or in and out of the City and the surrounding
boroughs.
Apart
from an excellent public service provision of buses and coaches
to local and long distance destinations, the conurbation is
at the centre of the main west coast intercity train system
with direct lines most UK major cities including London.
Like
most great cities, Manchester is served by its own distinctive
Black Tax Cab fleet as well as innumerable private hire taxi
companies (sometimes known as minicabs).
Manchester
Airport is in itself one of the most important British airports
offering both short haul European, long haul international
and internal UK flight schedules including a shuttle service
to London. The city and the region are also served by this
world class international airport voted "the World's Best
Airport" by IATA in 1997 and "Best International Business
Airport" by Business Travel World. The
Airport is just 15 minutes from Manchester city centre.
There are 2 mainline rail stations in Manchester city centre
- Piccadilly and Victoria, linked by the £150 million Metrolink
light rail transit tram system. Metrolink provides fast easy
access directly into the city.
Not
to be forgotten are the Northwest's canal systems, part of
the Cheshire Ring with many major old canals in full restoration
and use by leisure and working boats, including the Bridgewater
Canal, the Rochdale Canal, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal,
the Ashton Canal amongst others lying within the Greater Manchester
region.
Manchester
Transport Menu:
See also:
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Check
Motorway Conditions in Greater Manchester & Nationwide
Frixo is a road / motorway traffic reporting site which gives
users up-to-date information as the website gets updated every
3 minutes via feeds from various sources including the government's
official Highways Agency site go to http://www.frixo.com
Manchester
Accommodation
There
is plenty
of accommodation in central Manchester and around the Airport,
ranging from guest houses and Manchester Apartments, as well
as city centre and suburban B&Bs and hotels.
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