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It's a new dawn for Greater Manchester's buses - this is their story through time
25.09.2023 - 04:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sunday marked a new dawn in the history of bus services in Greater Manchester - another chapter in a story dating back almost 200 years to 1824.
At times it's been a wild ride, with decades of boom then bust, so-called 'pirate' bus firms and bus 'wars' sparked by Margaret Thatcher's privatisation model of the '80s.
And it all began just a few years before the onset of the Victorian era - with a horse-drawn carriage slowing winding its way into the city centre from Salford.
Political changes and social conscience have altered the landscape in terms of buses as much as advances in transport technology have, with the launch of franchising this weekend marking the biggest shake-up in almost 40 years.
Private operators now have no say over routes, fares, frequencies, timetables and overall standards, giving power back to the paying public and paving the way for the Bee Network - a vision of integrated bus, tram and eventually train travel in the city region.
Buses are, for thousands of passengers, a lifeline; an affordable, convenient way to get to work, the shops, to hospital, to see loved ones.
The story of their evolution through time takes many twists and turns.
Where it began
It's perhaps a little known fact that the UK's first ever bus route was in Greater Manchester.
Like many stories, it started with one individual - and a big idea. In this case, that man was John Greenwood - and his dream was to run a bus service.
In the late 1700s, the roads were a mess, far beyond some of the pothole-ridden avenues we see today - so Parliament passed an act meaning people could build good roads and in return charge people a toll for travelling over them.
Blessed with an entrepreneurial spirit, Greenwood, from Pendleton in
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