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| From the archive, 18 July 1967: Green light for Manchester tube project | From the archive, 18 July 1967: Green light for Manchester tube project |
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| A £5 million railway tunnel is to be built by British Rail between Manchester's two main-line termini to enable people to travel from one side of the city to the other without changing. | A £5 million railway tunnel is to be built by British Rail between Manchester's two main-line termini to enable people to travel from one side of the city to the other without changing. |
| The tunnel, to run from Piccadilly to Victoria station, is expected to be one of the first candidates for the new infrastructure grants to be introduced by Mrs Barbara Castle in her coming Transport Bill. | The tunnel, to run from Piccadilly to Victoria station, is expected to be one of the first candidates for the new infrastructure grants to be introduced by Mrs Barbara Castle in her coming Transport Bill. |
| This decision is the outcome of deliberations by a joint Manchester Corporation, British Rail and Ministry of Transport working party on the improvement of the city's existing transport equipment. Another working party, advised by American transport consultants, is looking into the question of building a monorail or busway between Ringway Airport in the south and Middleton in the north. | This decision is the outcome of deliberations by a joint Manchester Corporation, British Rail and Ministry of Transport working party on the improvement of the city's existing transport equipment. Another working party, advised by American transport consultants, is looking into the question of building a monorail or busway between Ringway Airport in the south and Middleton in the north. |
| The new tunnel under the heart of Manchester is expected to have an underground station at Piccadilly, where there is already a bus interchange. From this point it will be possible to board trains for Bury, Altrincham, and Wilmslow. With the addition of new rolling stock, signalling, and other expenses, the total cost of the scheme will be £12 millions. | The new tunnel under the heart of Manchester is expected to have an underground station at Piccadilly, where there is already a bus interchange. From this point it will be possible to board trains for Bury, Altrincham, and Wilmslow. With the addition of new rolling stock, signalling, and other expenses, the total cost of the scheme will be £12 millions. |
| Mrs Castle believes that the new passenger transport authorities, which she will be taking powers to set up in her coming bill, are the most suitable bodies for carrying out such improvements. New infrastructure grants will be made available to them for suitable capital improvements. The Minister's intention is that the actual services which will result from the improvements should be profitable, or, failing that, subsidised from the rates rather than the Exchequer. | Mrs Castle believes that the new passenger transport authorities, which she will be taking powers to set up in her coming bill, are the most suitable bodies for carrying out such improvements. New infrastructure grants will be made available to them for suitable capital improvements. The Minister's intention is that the actual services which will result from the improvements should be profitable, or, failing that, subsidised from the rates rather than the Exchequer. |
| The consultants' report on the monorail and busway study which was originally expected this month is now unlikely to be published before November. In the last resort, four possible systems have been considered - the Alweg and Safege monorails, the Westinghouse elevated bus, and the use of conventional buses on reserved lanes through the heart of the city and on the open road elsewhere. | The consultants' report on the monorail and busway study which was originally expected this month is now unlikely to be published before November. In the last resort, four possible systems have been considered - the Alweg and Safege monorails, the Westinghouse elevated bus, and the use of conventional buses on reserved lanes through the heart of the city and on the open road elsewhere. |
| It is thought that the last contender has now been dismissed because of the operational difficulties of running to schedule buses that share some roads with other traffic. It now remains to be seen whether in the coming climate of strict economy the Ministry will be able to find the £20 million necessary for a 16 mile monorail or elevated bus track in addition to the British Rail improvement. | |
| Manchester's dream of an underground link, three ring roads, and a heliport, all scheduled for completion in the 1970s, never came to fruition because of swingeing cuts in public spending |