2. INTRODUCTION
In my presentation I will be discussing my idea for my podcast. I will be looking
at Primary, Secondary, Quantative and Qualitative Research.
My podcast will be 5-10 minutes long and my idea for my Podcast will be about
the History of Transport in Manchester. I will be looking at how much it has
changed over the last 50 years. I will also be looking at how much people use
transport in Manchester now. Finally I will be looking at what kinds of transport
people use in Manchester.
3. SECONDARY RESEARCH
For my secondary Research I found a lot of interesting results in I found out a Morale Panic
about Transport when the trams were first built in the Droylsden on one of the first days of
using the trams were being used an man was hit and killed by the tram and this created a morale
panic because they are not safe and it says that and that can say a lot about transport in
Manchester at the moment. I also found out another Morale panic about the prices of Public
Transport are being to expensive and people are becoming angry with the prices going up and
people can afford to keep on paying these prices to use Public Transport.
I have found a lot of Statistics about how much transport has changed over the last 50 years such
as there was only 16 vehicles in 1950 to 51 in 1956 so this shows in the 1950s this is where people
started to use buses compared to now where there is over 2000 buses on the road today in
Manchester so this shows how much people use the buses now compared to 60 years ago when
there was only 52 buses on the road.
4. QUANTATIVE RESEARCH
These are the results that I have found from handing out my questionnaire it
shows that a lot of people use public transport in college when making there way
and going home from college. These Results also show that people think that
public Transport is getting to expensive. These results can also show you that a
lot of people think that Public Transport has made drastic changes over the past
20 years.
5. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH BUSES
This slide is going to be about the history of transport in Manchester.
During the first world war between 1914-1918 there was no development on buses in Manchester.
In 1935 there was plans for the replacement of trams and to go onto building trolley buses.
A number of extensions to the Manchester / Ashton system were built later, some of which were occasioned by the need to
conserve fuel oil during the Second World War.
After the war, delivery of new buses began again, and replacement of the remaining tramways recommenced.
In 1968, a new Transport Act was introduced. As part of the new act, several bus companies run by local authorities around the
Manchester area would merge to create a central organization They would be made up of companies operating in different parts of
Manchester such as Ashton, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford
In 1990 around 80 operators were providing road passenger transport services
At the insistence of Government, GM Buses was divided into two separate companies, and sold to the private sector, initially as GM
Buses North and GM Buses South; subsequently the North Company became part of the FirstBus Group, and the South Company
became part of the Stagecoach Group.
6. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TRAMS
In the run up to the first world war there were a enormous expansion in the the tram services to the extent
that in 1915 trams were the most popular use of transport in Manchester which was carrying over
200million passengers
By 1913 trams were running from Stockport, Hyde, Cheadle and Hazel Grove.
Also in 1913 trams were that popular in Manchester they had to change from Route names to Route numbers
they were getting that popular everyone was using them.
The final decision to completely abandon the tram system in favour of trolley buses and motor buses was
taken on 7 July 1937 but the onset of war delayed some of this.
By 1949 just a few miles of track were left in Manchester and the last tram ran on 10 January of that year. The
last of the old tram cars were stored at Hyde Road depot until on 16 March they were set ablaze in a huge
bonfire, permanently signifying an end to what was once the third largest tramway system in the country.
There was a breakthrough in 1964 for the rail tracks to be built in Manchester City Centre and tunneling under
the Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre. When the Greater Manchester City Council presented the project to
the United Kingdom Government it didn't get the sufficient funds to make it and the idea was abandoned in
1974.
In 1987 funding was given to go ahead with this idea of the Metro link.
In 1992 the first tram was tested running from Altrincham to Manchester .
By 1999 lots of different Metro link lines were opened such as Eccles, Piccadilly, Altrincham
By 2006 On the 6th of July the plans were finalised to get the Metro Link out of Manchester and
running to Ashton, Rochdale, Manchester Airport, Oldham, costing over £220 million Pounds.
7. KEY INFORMATION
In 1968, a new Transport Act was introduced. As part of the new act, several bus companies run
by local authorities around the Manchester area would merge to create a central organization.
They would be made up of companies operating in the following areas:
Ashton, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley, Dukin
field ,Stockport, Wigan.
The final decision to completely abandon the tram system in favour of trolley buses and motor
buses was taken on 7 July 1937
There was a breakthrough in 1964 for the rail tracks to be built in Manchester City Centre and
tunneling under the Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre. When the Greater Manchester City
Council presented the project to the United Kingdom Government it didn't get the sufficient
funds to make it and the idea was abandoned in 1974
In 1987 funding was given to go ahead with this idea of the Metro link.
In 1992 the first tram was tested running from Altrincham to Manchester.
On the 6th of july the plans were finalised to get the Metro Link out of Manchester and running
to Ashton, Rochdale, Manchester Airport, Oldham, costing over £220 million Pounds.
8. REFERENCES
Simon Coyle 13.11.2013 Man gets his by tram in Manchester City Centre.
Manchester Evening News 2013. Page 1.
Amy Gleddening 10.11.13 Metrolink criticized for Remembrance day
interruptions. Manchester Evening News 2013 Page 1.
John Sheerhout 10.10.13 Driver found dead in his bus after leaving wigan
depot. Manchester Evening News 2013. Page 1
9. CONCLUSION
In conclusion I think that transport has expanded and made drastic changes
over the last 100 years with the trams being so popular between 1900-1930s
with Manchester having the biggest rail network in England for then for it to
be shut down for the use of trolley buses and all the trams to be destroyed
and not to be rebuilt again till 1987 and now to have the trams going to
Ashton, Manchester airport, Rochdale shows how much transport is evolving
and will continue. Also shows this with buses with over 225 million people
using buses yearly this shows how much people use buses to get to places
compared to 1950s when there were only 16 bus rides a day and this was when
people were only just starting to use buses because they got rid of the trams
then.
