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The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive ('''GMPTE''') is the public body ( Passenger Transport Executive ) responsible for co-ordinating Public Transport services throughout Greater Manchester in England . The GMPTE is the executive arm of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) which funds and makes policies for the GMPTE. The authority is made up of thirty-three councilors appointed from each of the ten Greater Manchester districts ( Bolton , Bury , Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , Salford , Stockport , Tameside , Trafford and Wigan ) GMPTE's main headquarters as of January 2007 is in 2 Piccadilly Place, in Manchester City Centre . FUNCTIONS The GMPTE does not actually run passenger services, but is responsible for:
HISTORY SELNEC PTE What became the GMPTE was originally created in 1969 by the Transport Act 1968 . At the time the conurbation surrounding Manchester was divided between the two counties of Lancashire and Cheshire . Because of this, the executive was originally known as the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive (SELNEC standing for 'South East Lancashire North East Cheshire') a joint authority of the various local councils was created to administer it. The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area was defined as: :(a) the county boroughs of the Cities of Manchester and Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Stockport; :(b) so much of the administrative county of the County Palatine of Chester as is comprised in the following county districts or parts of such districts, that is to say ::(i) the boroughs of Altrincham, Dukinfield, Hyde, Sale and Stalybridge; ::(ii) the urban districts of Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hale, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, Longdendale, Marple and Wilmslow; ::(iii) the rural districts of Disley and Tintwistle; ::(iv) so much of the rural district of Bucklow as is comprised in the following parishes: Carrington, Partington and Ringway; ::(v) so much of the rural district of Macclesfield as is comprised in the of parish of Poynton-with-Worth; :(c) so much of the administrative county of Derby as is comprised in the borough of Glossop; :(d) so much of the administrative county of the County Palatine of Lancaster as is comprised in the following county districts, that is to say ::(i) the boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Eccles, Farnworth, Heywood, Leigh, Middleton, Mossley, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Stretford and Swinton and Pendlebury; ::(ii) the urban districts of Atherton, Audenshaw, Chadderton, Crompton, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth, Horwich, Irlam, Kearsley, Lees, Little-borough, Little Lever, Milnrow, Ramsbottom, Royton, Tottington, Turton, Tyldesley, Urmston, Wardle, Westhoughton, Whitefield, Whitworth and Worsley; :(e) so much of the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire as is comprised in the urban district of Saddleworth.The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969 (1969 No. 95) From November 1 , 1969 the PTE took over the bus fleets of eleven municipalities:
On January 1 , 1972 , SELNEC PTE acquired depots in Altrincham , Glossop , Oldham , Stockport and Urmston along with buses and services, from the National Bus Company subsidiary North Western Road Car Company .A National Bus Company Album, R Stenning, Wiveliscombe, 1979 Greater Manchester PTE When the new Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester was created on April 1 1974 the executive was renamed to its present title, with the county council replacing the joint transport authority. The PTE also acquired the bus operations of Wigan Corporation with 130 vehicles. Further expansion of saw the acquisition of Warburton's Coaches in November 1975; and Lancashire United Transport and Godfrey Abbot in January 1976. The double 'M' logo was first seen around 1974 and still survives to this day. It was used on the side of buses next to the words "Greater Manchester Transport" displayed in upper and lower case helvetica letters. Following the abolition of the Greater Manchester County Council in 1986. A new Passenger Transport Authority was created to administer the GMPTE, made up of councillors from the Greater Manchester district councils. Apart from printed material and logos etched in glass on the side of bus shelters, GMPTE began a programme of adding their logo to 101 train station nameboards in the area in the 1990s. This idea was later extended to a re-design of the bus stop flag in 2000 resulting in a unified corporate appearance containing the double M logo. Deregulation and Privatisation of Bus Services In order to prepare for in February, GM Buses North to First Group in March. GMPTE and the GMPTA are working with the Association Of Greater Manchester Local Authorities to produce proposals for the Manchester Congestion Charge , which they hope will significantly improve public transport in the area funded by charging motorists entering the city at peak times. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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