| Year |
Day |
Month |
Event |
| 1824 |
1 |
January |
Introduction, by John Greenwood, of
horse bus service from Pendleton, Salford to
Market Street, Manchester |
| 1830 |
|
|
Start of Manchester - Stockport
horse bus service |
| 1839 |
15 |
September |
Opening of Liverpool - Manchester
Railway |
| 1840 |
|
|
Railway
Regulation Act |
| 1865 |
1 |
March |
Formation of Manchester Carriage
Company, by merger of a number of coach / omnibus
proprietors, with John Greenwood, Junior, as
first Managing Director. |
| 1870 |
9 |
August |
Tramways Act: local authorities
could construct tramways, but not operate them -
the tracks had to be leased to private companies
for 21 years. |
| 1877 |
17 |
May |
First tramway in Manchester: horse
drawn vehicles of the Manchester & Salford
Tramway Company |
| 1880 |
|
|
Manchester Carriage Company,
Manchester and Salford Tramways Company, and
Manchester Suburban Tramways Company merged and
became Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company.
At its maximum extent, around 1882, this Company
operated services over 140 route miles to
Patricroft, Oldham, Stalybridge and Stockport,
using 500 trams, 5300 horses and had 20 depots. |
| 1894 |
1 |
January |
Opening of Manchester Ship Canal |
| 1896 |
|
|
Formation of Trafford Park Estates
Company |
| 1896 |
|
|
Light
Railways Act |
| 1899 |
12 |
June |
First electric tramway in Greater
Manchester: the Oldham, Ashton and Hyde Tramway
Company. |
| 1901 |
6 |
June |
Manchester Corporation commenced
electric tramway operation, the first route being
from Albert Square to Cheetham Hill. |
| 1903 |
31 |
March |
Last horse trams operated by MCTC |
| 1904 |
5 |
September |
First experimental motor buses used,
by Bolton Corporation |
| 1905 |
20 |
September |
Last steam trams operated, by
Heywood Corporation |
| 1908 |
1 |
May |
Last gas trams operated, by Trafford
Park Estates Company |
| 1913 |
10 |
March |
First trolleybuses in Greater
Manchester: Stockport Corporation |
| 1923 |
23 |
April |
Formation of North Western Road Car
Company |
| 1930 |
1 |
August |
Road Traffic Act: introduction of
licensing systems for services, vehicles and
personnel |
| 1930 |
6 |
April |
Manchester's famous 53 tram route
converted to bus operation |
| 1931 |
|
|
North
Western Traffic Commissioners established |
| 1938 |
25 |
June |
Manchester Ringway Airport opened |
| 1947 |
|
|
Transport
Act |
| 1948 |
|
|
Railway
Nationalisation |
| 1951 |
25 |
August |
Last trams in Greater Manchester:
Stockport Corporation |
| 1968 |
|
|
Transport
Act |
| 1966 |
31 |
December |
Last trolleybuses in Greater
Manchester: Ashton and Manchester Corporations |
| 1969 |
1 |
April |
Creation of the South East
Lancashire and North East Cheshire (SELNEC)
Passenger Transport Authority (PTA), under the
terms of the Transport Act, 1968. |
| 1969 |
1 |
September |
Creation of the SELNEC Passenger
Transport Executive (PTE) |
| 1972 |
|
|
Local
Government Act |
| 1969 |
1 |
November |
All local authority transport
undertakings in the SELNEC Area were transferred
to SELNEC PTE |
| 1974 |
1 |
April |
Local
Government Reorganisation |
| 1974 |
1 |
April |
Greater
Manchester Council established |
| 1974 |
1 |
April |
SELNEC becomes Greater Manchester
Transport, incorporating Wigan Corporation
Transport, on the formation of Greater Manchester
Metropolitan County |
| 1978 |
4 |
May |
Official opening of the Museum of
Transport |
| 1985 |
1 |
April |
Greater
Manchester Council abolished |
| 1986 |
26 |
October |
Deregulation of public transport:
Greater Manchester Transport's bus operation
becomes Greater Manchester Buses |
| 1992 |
17 |
July |
Official opening of Metrolink |
