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{{Short description|Public body responsible for public transport in Greater Manchester (1974–2011)}}
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[[File:Old-gmpte-logo.png|thumb|The GMPTE logo in use until March 2011]]
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'''Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive''' was responsible for most public transport services in Greater Manchester between 1974 and 2011, when it became part of [[Transport for Greater Manchester]].
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'''Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive''' was the [[Passenger transport executive|public body]] responsible for public transport in Greater Manchester between 1974 and 2011, when it became part of [[Transport for Greater Manchester]].


==SELNEC PTE==
==SELNEC PTE==
[[File:SELNEC.png|thumb|right|GMPTE was originally formed in 1969 as SELNEC PTE, by the [[Transport Act 1968]]]]
[[File:SELNEC.png|thumb|left|200px|GMPTE was originally formed in 1969 as SELNEC PTE]]
[[File:SELNEC bus EX1 (PNF 941J), MMT Atlantean 50 event (6).jpg|thumb|A preserved SELNEC-branded [[Leyland Atlantean]] bus at the [[Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport|Manchester Museum of Transport]] in October 2008]]
[[File:SELNEC bus EX1 (PNF 941J), MMT Atlantean 50 event (6).jpg|thumb|A preserved SELNEC-branded [[Leyland Atlantean]] bus at the [[Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester|Manchester Museum of Transport]] in October 2008]]
{{See also|Timeline of public passenger transport operations in Manchester}}
{{See also|Timeline of public passenger transport operations in Manchester}}
To comply with the [[Transport Act 1968]], on 1 April 1969 the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive was formed. SELNEC stood for South East Lancashire North East Cheshire, a joint authority of the various local councils.
Until 1969, the [[conurbation]] surrounding Manchester was divided between the two administrative counties of [[Lancashire]] and [[Cheshire]] and a number of [[county borough]]s, such as Manchester, Salford, Stockport or Bolton. To comply with the [[Transport Act 1968]], on 1 April 1969, the '''SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive''' was formed. ''SELNEC'' stood for ''South East Lancashire North East Cheshire'', a joint authority of the various local councils.
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<ref>The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969 (1969 No. 95); The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area was defined as:

Prior to this the conurbation surrounding Manchester was divided between the two administrative counties of [[Lancashire]] and [[Cheshire]] and a number of county boroughs (e.g. Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Bolton). <ref>The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969 (1969 No. 95);

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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;
:(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
:(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
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From 1 November 1969, the PTE took over the bus fleets of 11 municipalities, and operationally, the organisation was split into three divisional areas, Northern, Central, and Southern:
From 1 November 1969, the PTE took over the bus fleets of 11 municipalities, and operationally, the organisation was split into three divisional areas, Northern, Central, and Southern:


===Northern===
===Northern===
*[[Bolton]] Corporation (249 vehicles)
*[[Bolton]] Corporation (249 vehicles)
*[[Bury]] Corporation (96 vehicles)
*[[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] Corporation (96 vehicles)
*[[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]] Corporation (57 vehicles)
*[[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]] Corporation (57 vehicles)
*[[Ramsbottom]] Urban District Council (12 vehicles)<ref>{{cite book|title=The bus book: (everything you wanted to know about buses but were afraid to ask)|author=Booth, Gavin|author2=Stewart J Brown|year=1984|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-1440-X }}</ref>
*[[Ramsbottom]] Urban District Council (12 vehicles)<ref>{{cite book|title=The bus book: (everything you wanted to know about buses but were afraid to ask)|author=Booth, Gavin|author2=Stewart J Brown|year=1984|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-1440-X }}</ref>
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*[[Oldham]] Corporation (180 vehicles)
*[[Oldham]] Corporation (180 vehicles)
*[[Stockport]] Corporation (145 vehicles)
*[[Stockport]] Corporation (145 vehicles)
*[[SHMD|Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Transport & Electricity Board]]
*[[SHMD|Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Transport & Electricity Board]] (82 vehicles)


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SELNEC branded its fleet with its corporate orange and white livery and the 'S' logo. The 'S' logo was coloured differently in each division: magenta for Northern, blue for Central and green for Southern. For corporate operations, the parcel operations (inherited from Manchester), and the coaching fleet, the 'S' logo was in orange
[[File:Selnec corp logo.gif]][[File:Selnec cent logo.gif]][[File:Selnec north logo.gif]][[File:Selnec south logo.gif]][[File:Selnec ches logo.gif]]
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SELNEC branded its fleet with its corporate orange and white livery and the 'S' logo. The 'S' logo was coloured differently in each division: magenta for Northern,blue for Central and green for Southern. For corporate operations, the parcel operations (inherited from Manchester), and the coaching fleet, the 'S' logo was in orange


In the early 1970s, SELNEC began to promote a project to construct an underground railway beneath central Manchester, the [[Picc-Vic tunnel]]. The scheme aimed to link the two main railway stations, [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Piccadilly]] and [[Manchester Victoria station|Victoria]] with a tunnel.<ref>{{cite document | date=October 1971 |title=SELNEC Picc-Vic Line|author=SELNEC PTE|publisher=SELNEC PTE}} publicity brochure</ref> The project was eventually cancelled on grounds of cost.
In the early 1970s, SELNEC began to promote a project to construct an underground railway beneath central Manchester, the [[Picc-Vic tunnel]]. The scheme aimed to link the two main railway stations, [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Piccadilly]] and [[Manchester Victoria station|Victoria]] with a tunnel.<ref>{{cite document | date=October 1971 |title=SELNEC Picc-Vic Line|author=SELNEC PTE|publisher=SELNEC PTE}} publicity brochure</ref> The project was eventually cancelled on grounds of cost.


On 1 January 1972, SELNEC PTE acquired [[National Bus Company (UK)|National Bus Company]]'s [[North Western Road Car Company (1923)|North Western Road Car]] subsidiary with buses, services and depots in [[Altrincham]], [[Glossop]], [[Oldham]], [[Stockport]] and [[Urmston]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A National Bus Company album|author=Stenning, Ray|year=1979|publisher=Viewfinder|location=Wiveliscombe|isbn=0-906051-03-7}}</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-december-1971/22/selnec-bid-for-reluctant-north-westerns-bus-servic SELNEC bid foe reluctant North Western's bus services] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 3 December 1971</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-march-1972/30/selnecs-price SELNEC's price] ''Commercial Motor'' 17 March 1972</ref> The corporate orange and white livery was applied, with the 'S' logo in brown and the name "Cheshire". (Most of the NWRCC operations bought by SELNEC were in the old county of [[Cheshire]]).
On 1 January 1972, SELNEC PTE acquired most of [[National Bus Company (UK)|National Bus Company]]'s [[North Western Road Car Company (1923)|North Western Road Car]] subsidiary with buses, services and depots in [[Altrincham]], [[Glossop]], [[Oldham]], [[Stockport]] and [[Urmston]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A National Bus Company album|author=Stenning, Ray|year=1979|publisher=Viewfinder|location=Wiveliscombe|isbn=0-906051-03-7}}</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-december-1971/22/selnec-bid-for-reluctant-north-westerns-bus-servic SELNEC bid foe reluctant North Western's bus services] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 3 December 1971</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-march-1972/30/selnecs-price SELNEC's price] ''Commercial Motor'' 17 March 1972</ref> The corporate orange and white livery was applied, with the 'S' logo in brown and the name "Cheshire". (Most of the NWRCC operations bought by SELNEC were in the old county of [[Cheshire]]).


==1974: Renaming to Greater Manchester PTE==
==1974: Replacement by Greater Manchester PTE==
[[File:GreaterManchesterTransportlogo.png|thumb|left|200px|The original Greater Manchester Transport double 'M' logo from 1974]]
[[File:Greater Manchester Transport.svg|thumb|left|200px|The original Greater Manchester Transport double 'M' logo from 1974]]
[[File:GMPTE Manchester Bus Flag June 2006.jpg|thumb|right|135px|A GMPTE bus stop in 2006 displaying the double 'M' logo]]
[[File:GMPTE Manchester Bus Flag June 2006.jpg|thumb|right|135px|A GMPTE bus stop in 2006 displaying the double 'M' logo]]
[[File:Transport for Greater Manchester bus flag.jpg|thumb|right|135px|A TfGM bus stop in 2011 following rebranding]]
[[File:Mauldeth Road railway station (25).JPG|thumb|right|135px|A GMPTE branded signpost at [[Mauldeth Road railway station]] in 2013]]
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When the [[metropolitan county]] of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was renamed GMPTE, with the county council replacing the joint transport authority. The public branding applied to buses and signage used the shorter name ''Greater Manchester Transport'', displayed in upper and lower case [[Helvetica]] next to a distinctive orange double 'M' logo. The logo, first seen around 1974, is still in use today on bus stops and transport information literature, but is being gradually replaced on the former across Greater Manchester by rebranded bus stop flags displaying the new TfGM logo.


The PTE also acquired the bus operations of [[Wigan]] Corporation with 130 vehicles. Further expansion saw the acquisition of Warburton's Coaches in November 1975 and [[Lancashire United Transport]] and Godfrey Abbot in January 1976.
When the [[metropolitan county]] of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was replaced by GMPTE, with the [[Greater Manchester County Council]] replacing the joint transport authority. The PTE also acquired the bus operations of [[County Borough of Wigan|Wigan Corporation]] with 130 vehicles. Further expansion saw the acquisition of Warburton's Coaches in November 1975 and [[Lancashire United Transport]] and Godfrey Abbot in January 1976.

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The public branding applied to buses and signage used the shorter name ''Greater Manchester Transport'', displayed in upper and lower case [[Helvetica]] next to a distinctive orange double 'M' logo. The logo, first seen around 1974, is still in use today on bus stops and transport information literature, but is being gradually replaced on the former across Greater Manchester by rebranded bus stop flags displaying the new [[Transport for Greater Manchester]] logo.

To add to printed material and logos etched in glass on the side of bus shelters, GMPTE began a programme of adding their 'double M' logo to 101 railway station nameboards, train rolling stock livery, bus sides and some 'totem' pole signs outside rail stations in the area during the 1990s. This idea was later extended to a full re-design of the bus stop flag in 2000, (used first on primary bus routes, now extended to the entire GMPTE area) resulting in a unified corporate appearance containing the 'double M' logo on bus, train and tram stops.


The PTE sponsored several new railway stations on existing lines in the 1970s and 1980s including {{rws|Flowery Field}}, {{rws|Godley}}, {{rws|Hag Fold}} and {{rws|Ryder Brow}}.
The PTE sponsored several new railway stations on existing lines in the 1970s and 1980s including {{rws|Flowery Field}}, {{rws|Godley}}, {{rws|Hag Fold}} and {{rws|Ryder Brow}}.


==1980s: Deregulation and privatisation of bus services==
==1980s: Deregulation and privatisation of bus services==
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.
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.


In the same year, in order to prepare for [[Bus deregulation in the United Kingdom|bus deregulation]], the PTE's bus operations passed to Greater Manchester Buses Limited (trading as [[GM Buses]]) in October 1986. The company was owned at "arm's length" by the PTE, and had to compete in the deregulated market. In preparation for privatisation, the company was split into GM Buses North and GM Buses South on 31 December 1993. Both companies were sold to their managements on 31 March 1994, and sold on to major groups in 1996: GM Buses South to [[Stagecoach Manchester|Stagecoach]] in February, GM Buses North to [[First Greater Manchester|FirstBus]] in March.
In the same year, in order to prepare for [[Bus deregulation in the United Kingdom|bus deregulation]], the PTE's bus operations passed to Greater Manchester Buses Limited (trading as [[GM Buses]]) in October 1986. The company was owned at "arm's length" by the PTE, and had to compete in the deregulated market. In preparation for privatisation, the company was split into GM Buses North and GM Buses South on 31 December 1993. Both companies were sold to their managements on 31 March 1994, and sold on to major groups in 1996: GM Buses South to [[Stagecoach Manchester|Stagecoach]] in February, GM Buses North to [[First Greater Manchester|FirstBus]] in March.
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===Executive pay===
===Executive pay===
In February 2011, the Daily Telegraph reported that David Leather, chief executive of the Passenger Transport Executive, was being paid £45,000 a month, and Bob Morris, interim chief operating officer, was getting a six-figure salary. Because they were seconded staff, rather than being employees, they were supposedly not covered by the government demand that the pay of any public-sector employee earning more than the Prime Minister should be disclosed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8350948/The-city-transport-chief-earning-540000-a-year.html|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|title=The city transport chief earning £540,000 a year|date=28 February 2011|last=Watt|first=Holly|location=London|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
In February 2011, the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' reported that David Leather, chief executive of the Passenger Transport Executive, was being paid £45,000 a month, and Bob Morris, interim chief operating officer, was getting a six-figure salary. Because they were seconded staff, rather than being employees, they were supposedly not covered by the government demand that the pay of any public-sector employee earning more than the Prime Minister should be disclosed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8350948/The-city-transport-chief-earning-540000-a-year.html|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|title=The city transport chief earning £540,000 a year|date=28 February 2011|last=Watt|first=Holly|location=London|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Transport in Greater Manchester}}
{{UK PTEs}}

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Latest revision as of 21:12, 10 October 2024

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
AbbreviationGMPTE
PredecessorSELNEC, Greater Manchester Transport
SuccessorTransport for Greater Manchester
Dissolved2011
TypePassenger transport executive
Legal statusDefunct
PurposeTransport authority
Region served
Greater Manchester
Websitegmpte.com

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was the public body responsible for public transport in Greater Manchester between 1974 and 2011, when it became part of Transport for Greater Manchester.

SELNEC PTE

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GMPTE was originally formed in 1969 as SELNEC PTE
A preserved SELNEC-branded Leyland Atlantean bus at the Manchester Museum of Transport in October 2008
See also: Timeline of public passenger transport operations in Manchester

Until 1969, the conurbation surrounding Manchester was divided between the two administrative counties of Lancashire and Cheshire and a number of county boroughs, such as Manchester, Salford, Stockport or Bolton. To comply with the Transport Act 1968, on 1 April 1969, the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive was formed. SELNEC stood for South East Lancashire North East Cheshire, a joint authority of the various local councils. [1]

blue Selnec central logo
magenta Selnec north logo
green Selnec south logo
brown Selnec Cheshire logo
SELNEC divisional logos

From 1 November 1969, the PTE took over the bus fleets of 11 municipalities, and operationally, the organisation was split into three divisional areas, Northern, Central, and Southern:

Northern

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  • Bolton Corporation (249 vehicles)
  • Bury Corporation (96 vehicles)
  • Leigh Corporation (57 vehicles)
  • Ramsbottom Urban District Council (12 vehicles)[2]
  • Rochdale Corporation (130 vehicles)

Central

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Southern

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SELNEC branded its fleet with its corporate orange and white livery and the 'S' logo. The 'S' logo was coloured differently in each division: magenta for Northern, blue for Central and green for Southern. For corporate operations, the parcel operations (inherited from Manchester), and the coaching fleet, the 'S' logo was in orange

In the early 1970s, SELNEC began to promote a project to construct an underground railway beneath central Manchester, the Picc-Vic tunnel. The scheme aimed to link the two main railway stations, Piccadilly and Victoria with a tunnel.[3] The project was eventually cancelled on grounds of cost.

On 1 January 1972, SELNEC PTE acquired most of National Bus Company's North Western Road Car subsidiary with buses, services and depots in Altrincham, Glossop, Oldham, Stockport and Urmston.[4][5][6] The corporate orange and white livery was applied, with the 'S' logo in brown and the name "Cheshire". (Most of the NWRCC operations bought by SELNEC were in the old county of Cheshire).

1974: Replacement by Greater Manchester PTE

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The original Greater Manchester Transport double 'M' logo from 1974
A GMPTE bus stop in 2006 displaying the double 'M' logo
A GMPTE branded signpost at Mauldeth Road railway station in 2013

When the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was replaced by GMPTE, with the Greater Manchester County Council replacing the joint transport authority. The PTE also acquired the bus operations of Wigan Corporation with 130 vehicles. Further expansion saw the acquisition of Warburton's Coaches in November 1975 and Lancashire United Transport and Godfrey Abbot in January 1976.

The public branding applied to buses and signage used the shorter name Greater Manchester Transport, displayed in upper and lower case Helvetica next to a distinctive orange double 'M' logo. The logo, first seen around 1974, is still in use today on bus stops and transport information literature, but is being gradually replaced on the former across Greater Manchester by rebranded bus stop flags displaying the new Transport for Greater Manchester logo.

To add to printed material and logos etched in glass on the side of bus shelters, GMPTE began a programme of adding their 'double M' logo to 101 railway station nameboards, train rolling stock livery, bus sides and some 'totem' pole signs outside rail stations in the area during the 1990s. This idea was later extended to a full re-design of the bus stop flag in 2000, (used first on primary bus routes, now extended to the entire GMPTE area) resulting in a unified corporate appearance containing the 'double M' logo on bus, train and tram stops.

The PTE sponsored several new railway stations on existing lines in the 1970s and 1980s including Flowery Field, Godley, Hag Fold and Ryder Brow.

1980s: Deregulation and privatisation of bus services

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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.

In the same year, in order to prepare for bus deregulation, the PTE's bus operations passed to Greater Manchester Buses Limited (trading as GM Buses) in October 1986. The company was owned at "arm's length" by the PTE, and had to compete in the deregulated market. In preparation for privatisation, the company was split into GM Buses North and GM Buses South on 31 December 1993. Both companies were sold to their managements on 31 March 1994, and sold on to major groups in 1996: GM Buses South to Stagecoach in February, GM Buses North to FirstBus in March.

21st century

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Transport Innovation Fund

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Main article: Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund

GMPTE and the GMPTA worked with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities to produce a bid for monies from the Transport Innovation Fund. Within the bid were proposals to introduce Congestion charging in Greater Manchester. They claimed the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund would have significantly improve public transport in the area funded by charging motorists entering the city at peak times. A consultation document was sent out to residents during July 2008. In December 2008, a local referendum voted no to the proposals.

Executive pay

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In February 2011, the Daily Telegraph reported that David Leather, chief executive of the Passenger Transport Executive, was being paid £45,000 a month, and Bob Morris, interim chief operating officer, was getting a six-figure salary. Because they were seconded staff, rather than being employees, they were supposedly not covered by the government demand that the pay of any public-sector employee earning more than the Prime Minister should be disclosed.[7]

References

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  1. ^ The South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969 (1969 No. 95); 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 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, Littleborough, 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.
  2. ^ Booth, Gavin; Stewart J Brown (1984). The bus book: (everything you wanted to know about buses but were afraid to ask). London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1440-X.
  3. ^ SELNEC PTE (October 1971). "SELNEC Picc-Vic Line" (Document). SELNEC PTE. publicity brochure
  4. ^ Stenning, Ray (1979). A National Bus Company album. Wiveliscombe: Viewfinder. ISBN 0-906051-03-7.
  5. ^ SELNEC bid foe reluctant North Western's bus services Commercial Motor 3 December 1971
  6. ^ SELNEC's price Commercial Motor 17 March 1972
  7. ^ Watt, Holly (28 February 2011). "The city transport chief earning £540,000 a year". The Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group.
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