After 40 years of deregulation today Greater Manchester has taken back control of the entire network, securing routes and locking in the £2 bus fares to support working people across the city region. This shows devolution and giving power to the people who know their places best works, and the importance of politics being rootedContinue reading “Greater Manchester has today taken back control of our entire bus network”
Category Archives: Transport
Railway Public Ownership becomes Law
This is an historic moment. With yesterday’s enactment of the Passenger Railways Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024, this Labour government is already fulfilling its manifesto commitment from the general election in July to start the process of bringing train services back into public hands, a change which represents the biggest overhaul of our railways inContinue reading “Railway Public Ownership becomes Law”
Labour are putting Oldham bus services in the hands of local people
This Labour government is expanding the power of communities to take back control of local bus services. For passengers in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, this means: Over £66 million more for Greater Manchester buses £2 single fare cap extended in our city-region Reforms to speed up delivery of public control A Buses Bill toContinue reading “Labour are putting Oldham bus services in the hands of local people”
Local Transport Investment
Last week, I spoke in the debate on rail investment. I do think sometimes when connectivity is talked about, while the great powerhouses that are our cities are rightfully mentioned, our towns are too often ignored. On a more local level, these projects, along with Labour’s plan to bring rail back into public ownership, presentContinue reading “Local Transport Investment”
High-speed Rail for the North
This week, I spoke in Parliament regarding the HS2 phase 2 cancellation and the Northern Powerhouse Rail project. I believe that generations to come will look back at this period of our history, when the Prime Minister woke up one morning and decided to cancel HS2, with regret and see it as a missed opportunityContinue reading “High-speed Rail for the North”
Labour’s plan to fix our railways
The railways have been allowed to be run into the ground with passengers paying the price. Its high time they were brought back into public ownership and run the national interest. Anyone who uses trains in England will know they are expensive, unreliable and not up to standard after a decade of underinvestment. It’s notContinue reading “Labour’s plan to fix our railways”
Bee Network Comes to Oldham
The Greater Manchester Bee Network expands to Oldham, Chadderton and Royton today. Buses will run more frequency, later into the evening, earlier in the morning, and operate in the public interest. Single ticketing across bus and tram and live bus times will make life much easier, and hopefully attract more people to use public transport.Continue reading “Bee Network Comes to Oldham”
Let’s take back control of our buses
Today I have submitted my response to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s public bus consultation on their proposal to create a London style bus franchising system. I support the proposal that they have put forward, though I remain committed to the idea that our public transport system should be wholly publicly owned and publicly ran.Continue reading “Let’s take back control of our buses”
Jim McMahon OBE MP 