Greater Manchester transport today
Trains, buses, cycles and airports first, then roads, driving charges and fuel, across Greater Manchester. Updated 15:47 · refreshes every few minutes
Public transporttrains, trams, buses, cycles and airports
🚊 Metrolink
Metrolink is the one part of Greater Manchester's transport we cannot show live. TfGM no longer issues keys for its real-time tram feed and there is no other open source for it, so we point you to TfGM's own pages rather than guess.
Live tram times on TfGM › Travel updates ›🚆 National Rail 15:45
Trains leaving each station in the next hour, and how many are on time.
| Station | Next hour | On time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Piccadilly | 25 | 64% | Disrupted |
| Manchester Victoria | 25 | 88% | Some delays |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 25 | 80% | Some delays |
| Deansgate | 12 | 75% | Some delays |
| Stockport | 25 | 80% | Some delays |
| Manchester Airport | 18 | 78% | Some delays |
| Bolton | 15 | 80% | Some delays |
| Wigan North Western | 15 | 93% | Good |
| Rochdale | 12 | 83% | Some delays |
| Stalybridge | 8 | 88% | Some delays |
Train companies that run here, reporting problems
National Rail reports each company for its whole network, so a problem listed here may be on a line elsewhere in the country.
- East Midlands RailwayCustomTemporary reduced timetable on Intercity routes
- NorthernCustomDisruption between Doncaster and Hull via Goole
Our reading of the next hour's departures: good when at least nine in ten are on time and none is cancelled; disrupted when fewer than three in four are on time or more than one is cancelled; some delays in between.
🚌 Bus disruptions 15:40
60 disruptions affecting stops in Greater Manchester, as published through the Department for Transport's disruptions service.
| What | Routes | Until |
|---|---|---|
| King Street, Oldham - Collapsed Building Due to a collapsed building on King Street, bus services are on diversion and may depart from a different stand at Oldham Bus Station. | 84, 149, 183, 409, 426, 774, 775, 81, 76, 76A | – |
| Manchester Victoria Rail Station, Manchester - Bus Diversion Due to parked cars causing safety issues at Manchester Victoria Rail Station, bus services are on diversion. | 59, 67, 67A, 93, 97, 98, 99, 100, 113, 2 | Thu 31 Dec |
| Bury New Road, Prestwich - Bus Stop Closure The bus stop on Bury New Road opposite The Red Lion is closed due to scaffolding nearby. | 66, 90, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99 | – |
| Carrington Road, Stockport - Bus Stop Closure The bus stop on Carrington Road opposite Brinnington Road is closed due to roadworks taking place nearby. | 322, 325, 327, 330, 382, 805, 814 | Tue 24 Nov |
| Stockport Interchange - Stand Closure Stand S is closed at Stockport Interchange. Some school bus services will use an alternative stand. | 807, 23, 374, 812, 813, 860, 891 | – |
| Rochdale Road, Royton - Temporary Diversion Due to extended roadworks, a one-way northbound road closure is in place on Rochdale Road, Royton. | 181, 402, 409, 794, 809, 831 | Thu 22 Oct |
| Crescent Road, Crumpsall - Road Closure Due to repair works taking place on Crescent Road, services are on diversion. | 41, 53, 94, 151, 52 | Mon 19 Oct |
| Great Portwood Street, Stockport - Road Closure Due to a road closure on Great Portwood Street, services are on diversion. | 322, 325, 327, 330, 382 | Fri 27 Nov |
🚲 Bee Network cycle hire 15:44
Hire bikes docked right now across 230 docking stations.
| Bikes available | 808 including 220 e-bikes |
| Free docks to return to | 1,363 |
| Docks with no bikes | 33 |
| Docks that are full | 0 |
Find a bike near you on the operator's map › · Beryl open data, CDLA-Permissive-2.0
✈️ Manchester Airport
Live arrivals open on each airport's own board, which is always more up to date than anything we could copy. How to get there is live from the readings above.
| Airport | Getting there now | |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester (MAN) | Some delays Trains to Manchester Airport station (78% on time) Metrolink Airport line › | Live arrivals › |
Drivingroads, charges and fuel
🛣️ Motorway and trunk road closures 15:39
National Highways closures within 13 miles of St Peter's Square, happening now or starting in the next 12 hours.
| Road | What | Until |
|---|---|---|
| M6 | Other M62 Westbound to M6 Southbound link road lane 1 closure | Fri 16 Oct |
| M56 | Other M56 Eastbound Jct 6 to 4 hardshoulder closure | Wed 11 Nov |
| M56 | Other M56 eastbound hard shoulder and lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 24/4 to 20/5) | Fri 16 Oct |
| M60 | Carriageway closures M60 Clockwise Jct 19 entry slip road closure | Fri 16 Oct |
| M60 | Other M60 Clockwise lane 3 closure (MP 43/7 to 50/0) | Fri 16 Oct |
| M60 | Carriageway closures M60 Anticlockwise Jct 24 entry slip road closure | Fri 16 Oct |
| M60 | Other M60 Clockwise Jct 24 exit slip road Lane 1 closure | Fri 16 Oct |
| M60 | Other M60 anticlockwise lane 1 closure (MP 5/8 to 4/3) | Fri 16 Oct |
and 24 more.
💷 Driving charges
There is no congestion charge and no charging Clean Air Zone in Greater Manchester. In January 2025 the government approved an investment-led Clean Air Plan with no charges to drive on local roads.
⛽ Fuel prices 15:39
267 forecourts within 13 miles of St Peter's Square, from the government's Fuel Finder scheme; forecourts must report a price change within 30 minutes.
| Unleaded (E10) | Diesel | |
|---|---|---|
| Average here | 173.9p | 198.5p |
| UK average | 174.3p | 199.3p |
| Cheapest here | 163.9p | 187.7p |
Cheapest unleaded: Costco Wholesale M41 163.9p · Costco Wholesale OL9 165.9p · Texaco M28 166.9p · Asda Leigh Supercentre WN7 167.7p · Morrisons WN7 167.9p. Averages are plain means of forecourt prices, not weighted by sales. Prices as of 15:25. Your street's cheapest: enter a postcode ›
Places in Greater Manchester
Each place page has local figures for the area; for your own street, enter a postcode.
Bolton
Bury
Manchester
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Stockport
- Adswood
- Bramhall
- Bredbury
- Brinnington
- Cale Green
- Cheadle
- Cheadle Heath
- Cheadle Hulme
- Compstall
- Davenport
- Edgeley
- Gatley
- Great Moor
- Hawk Green
- Hazel Grove
- Heald Green
- Heaton Chapel
- Heaton Mersey
- Heaton Moor
- Heaton Norris
- Heaviley
- High Lane
- Lower Bredbury
- Marple
- Marple Bridge
- North Reddish
- Offerton
- Portwood
- Reddish
- Romiley
- Shaw Heath
- South Reddish
- Stepping Hill
- Stockport
- Strines
- Torkington
- Woodford
- Woodley
- Woods Moor
Tameside
Trafford
National Rail departures from the Rail Data Marketplace; live board data © National Rail. Bus disruptions from the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service (OGL v3.0), as published by the local transport authority. Bee Network cycle hire from Beryl's open feed under the Community Data License Agreement – Permissive 2.0. National Highways closures and Fuel Finder prices under the Open Government Licence v3.0. StreetOwl is independent and is not endorsed by Transport for Greater Manchester.
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