Plan a journey

Oldham residents can now plan trips across Greater Manchester using a single online tool that folds in live departure boards, disruption alerts and step-free access notes.

The page, quietly launched on the transport authority's site, replaces a patchwork of separate links that once forced passengers to hop between timetable PDFs, Twitter feeds and third-party apps.

By ticking an 'accessible travel' filter, wheelchair and pushchair users see only those trams, trains or buses whose stops and vehicles are listed as step-free, removing the guesswork that has long dogged local journeys.

A built-in events calendar also flags match days at Boundary Park or concerts in Manchester city centre, then adjusts suggested routes around expected road closures and extra crowds.

Anyone who signs up for the Travel Updates newsletter receives an early-morning email summarising the coming day's cancellations, so early-shift workers can decide before breakfast whether to set off earlier or work from home.