Free bus is a zero-fare bus system that operates in Greater Manchester. The system was first introduced in Manchester city centre in 2002, with currently two routes linking the city's major thoroughfa
Stagecoach Manchester Volvo BZL on free bus route 2 at Manchester Arndale in August 2025
Greater Manchester Transport Centreline bus on display at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester
First Manchester Optare Solo on Manchester route 1 in October 2009
First Manchester Optare Solo on Manchester route 2 in October 2007
Picc-Vic tunnel
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Picc-Vic was a proposed, and later cancelled, underground railway designed in the early 1970s with the purpose of connecting two major mainline railway termini in Manchester city centre, England. The
Free buses in Greater Manchester
…types of monorail systems and metro-style systems. A scheme was promoted to build an underground rail link across Manchester city centre, known as the Picc-Vic tunnel, but this failed to attract the necessary government funding and the project was cancelled in 1977. To address the problem of cross-city transit, the…
An artist's impression of the Picc-Vic line (1971)
A prototype SELNEC interactive display board, now on display at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester