Public Transport Worksheet Page 6
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20W O R K
How did public transport
S H E E T
help Manchester to grow?
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Chart B
In the last 200 years there have been
that you can live a long way from your
1986
1899
important changes in the type of
place of work, like busy town centres.
Deregulation of bus services.
The first electric tramway operated in
Greater Manchester.
public transport available to people.
When railway lines and their stations
1904
In the past, most people relied on
were built, even further distances to
Bolton uses experimental motor buses.
1974
horse-drawn buses or trams to go to
travel to work were possible. Look at
A local government reorganisation
work and get about their local area.
Map A, it shows the pattern of growth
1877
creates Greater Manchester Transport.
The first horse-drawn trams are used
Wherever a transport route passed
for Manchester between 1850 and
in Manchester.
1992
through a place, it would become a
1900, when railway lines had been
Metrolink is opened.
popular place to live. Since 1800,
built all over the city.
1913
living on a transport route has meant
Trolley buses first used in Greater
1995
Map A
Manchester.
The rail network is privatised.
BUILT UP AREA
1824
1830
Before 1850
The first horse-drawn bus service
The first Liverpool to Manchester
1850-1900
between Salford and Manchester.
railway link is opened.
1. On Map A shade in yellow the area built before 1850 and complete the Key.
2. Why was the “built up” area of Manchester so small before 1850?
3. Describe the link between the growth of the ”built up” area of Manchester
and the coming of the railways.
4. Chart B lists the important events in public transport since 1800. Make a
copy of the time line below and put each event on its correct date.
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