About Travel Training in Greater Manchester
Travelling independently can be a challenge for some people, limiting access to social, health and employment opportunities.
Travel training teaches young people and adults who need additional support to make journeys using public transport safely and confidently on their own.
‘Travel training’ can involve:
- Short term support: Familiarising people with how public transport works in their area, giving them confidence to use it alone.
- Long term support: One-to-one personalised training programme over a period of weeks or months.
TfGM promote travel training as part of accessible transport for everyone living or working in Greater Manchester.
More information about travel training good practice
Travel Training schemes in Greater Manchester
The Travel training guidance has been created to help organisations, schools, colleges or any other service interested in setting up a scheme or improve an existing scheme. All of the boroughs in Greater Manchester have travel training schemes as well as some of the schools and colleges.
Click on one of the links below for more information on the various schemes in each area:
- Members of GMTTF Travel training in Bolton by Pure Innovations
- Travel training in Bury by Pure Innovations
- Travel Training in Stockport by Pure Innovations (download Word document)
- Manchester Travel Training Partnership (download Word document)
- Travel training in St Helens
- Trafford Independent Travel Training
- Travel training in Wigan
- The Redwood School Independent Travel Programme
Greater Manchester Travel Training Forum (GMTTF)
The GMTTF meets four times a year in March, June, September and December.
Meetings are hosted by Transport for Greater Manchester at the Head Office, 2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BG.
Membership is free.
If you would like to join the GMTTF, please contact Kevin Northrop k.northrop@lancasterian.manchester.sch.uk
Travel training resources
These documents have been produced as part of the training the Greater Manchester Travel Training Forum organised and are intended for travel trainers.
Top Tips for defusing difficult situations (download Word document)
Top tips for those with Visual Impairment (download Word document)
Top Tips - Parents MCC (download Word document)
Top Tips - Personal Safety (download Word document)
Top tips for those with Physical Disabilities (download Word document)
Top Tips for Travel Training with Hearing Impaired Students (download Word document)
Top Tips on Emotional Resilience (download Word document)
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Travel included with Co-op Live tickets
Co-op Live ticket holders can travel on the tram and new city centre shuttle buses.
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Learn more about the Bee Network
Say yellow to the Bee Network
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Learn more about new Starling Bank Bikes
New sponsor: Starling Bank Bikes
We’re delighted to welcome Starling Bank on board as the new sponsors of our bike hire scheme.
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Find full details of the bus routes, ticket fares and timetables
Manchester City Matchday Buses
We've teamed up with Manchester City to launch a large-scale bus trial helping fans from across Greater Manchester and nearby areas to travel to and from the Etihad Stadium on a matchday.
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Rate your journey
Rate your journey
We want to hear your views to help us deliver a better Bee Network for Greater Manchester.
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Find out about planned works on the tram
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
Visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works could affect your journeys.
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Learn more about getting to Co-op Live
Travel included with Co-op Live tickets
Co-op Live ticket holders can travel on the tram and new city centre shuttle buses.
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Learn more about new Starling Bank Bikes
New sponsor: Starling Bank Bikes
We’re delighted to welcome Starling Bank on board as the new sponsors of our bike hire scheme.
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Rate your journey
Rate your journey
We want to hear your views to help us deliver a better Bee Network for Greater Manchester.
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Learn more about the Bee Network
Say yellow to the Bee Network
Buses in Oldham, Rochdale and parts of Bury, Salford and north Manchester joined the Bee Network on 24 March.
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Find full details of the bus routes, ticket fares and timetables
Manchester City Matchday Buses
We've teamed up with Manchester City to launch a large-scale bus trial helping fans from across Greater Manchester and nearby areas to travel to and from the Etihad Stadium on a matchday.
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Find out about planned works on the tram
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
Visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works could affect your journeys.