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20W O R K
Why are bus shelters necessary
S H E E T
in Greater Manchester?
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The Greater Manchester Area is well known for its wet weather. Living in this part
GMPTE provide bus shelters so that passengers can be protected from bad
of the country, we are used to changeable weather conditions. The table below
weather conditions. These shelters are designed to deal with the changeable
shows how rainfall, temperature and sunshine hours change each month.
nature of our local climate.
Table A
TRAVEL INFORMATION-
BUS STOP- a place where
Month
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
bus timetable and useful
Average Temp. °C
3
7
8
9
12
14
17
19
14
10
10
6
you wait and find out about
Rainfall in mm.
8 8
8 9
3 7
3 6
8 7
1 1 2
6 0
63
44
69
91
84
telephone numbers
your bus service
Sunshine hours
63
56
100
122
226
139
227
191
119
125
32
33
Temperature (°C)
M A N C H E S T E R
Rainfall (mm)
ROOF- protects
22°C
WINDOW PANELS- can form
you from heavy
a barrier between you and
rain and hot
20 C
road traffic and reduce noise
sunshine
18°C
A LIGHT- to
END PANELS- protects
16°C
help the driver
against the wind, rain
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see you at night
and exhaust fumes
14°C
120
12 C
Vandalism and damage to bus shelters can be dangerous
and leaves people unprotected from the weather.
100
10°C
1. Complete the graph using the table showing rainfall (blue blocks) and temperature
80
8°C
(red dots) for Manchester.
2. For how many months does the monthly average temperature fall below 6°C, (the
60
6°C
point when it’s too cold for plants and grass to grow)?
40
4°C
3. During what months of the year did Manchester get the lowest amount of sunshine?
•
20
2°C
4. Look at Table A. and your weather graph, write a few sentences about the
importance of bus shelters and how bus stop vandalism just doesn’t make sense.
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