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(Image: Mark Waugh Manchester Press Photography Ltd)<\/p>\nThere will be a lot of changes to timetables over the festive period(Image: Mark Waugh Manchester Press Photography Ltd)<\/p>\n
If you need to catch a bus, tram or train on New Year’s Day, you may run into some issues.<\/p>\n
The first day of 2026 will see some disruptions to services on all forms of public transport<\/a>, which could result in longer waiting times or outright cancellations. However, while some services will start at different times, others will remain unchanged.<\/p>\n As a result, it’s important to plan any journey you might have to take on January 1 well in advance.<\/p>\n Here’s a breakdown of how Greater Manchester’s <\/a>services will be affected by the first bank holiday of the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trams<\/strong><\/p>\n Trams will run every 15 minutes from 7am until midnight on New Year’s Day the following services:<\/p>\n Buses<\/strong><\/p>\n Buses<\/a> will run to special timetables on these routes on New Year’s Day:<\/p>\n Arriva:<\/strong> 320<\/p>\n Bee Network:<\/strong> 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 33, 36, 37, 43, 50, 52, 59, 76, 83 to 86, 93, 97, 100, 101, 111, 118, 126, 132, 135, 142, 156, 163, 182, 192, 201, 203, 216, 219, 250, 256, 330, 409, 471, 472, 474, 501, 507, 511, 516, 524, 534, 575, 582, 601, 603, 605, 607 to 610, 632, 635, V1 and V2<\/p>\n Free bus 1 and 2 will run on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n No other buses will run.<\/p>\n Northern Rail <\/a>say that trains may start later than usual on New Year’s Day. Commuters have been told to expect a Sunday-style service, meaning fewer trains.<\/p>\n It’s crucial to check your specific journey using the National Rail website<\/a> or Northern’s app before travelling, as times change, and engineering works are common.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a reduced timetable on all Avanti West Coast<\/a> routes in and out of Manchester too. You can use their journey planner<\/a> to check services in advance.<\/p>\n TransPennine Express<\/a> say there are a number of amended services on routes in and out of Manchester on New Year’s Day due to planned engineering works. Check their website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There will be a lot of changes to timetables over the festive period(Image: Mark Waugh Manchester Press Photography…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[15333,748,14985,393,4884,2465,26383,7857,1263,8825,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-652389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-bee-network","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-buses","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-metrolink","15":"tag-trains","16":"tag-transport","17":"tag-transport-for-greater-manchester","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115774387711993188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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The Bee Network should be fully electric by the end of the decade(Image: Manchester Evening News)Trains<\/strong><\/p>\n