Oldham TfGM Website Disclaimer Notice 2026

Transport for Greater Manchester has quietly added a blanket legal disclaimer to every page of its website, warning visitors that nothing they read can be taken as reliable. The notice, published this year, says the authority gives no warranty, express or implied, about the accuracy of timetables, service changes, ticket prices or any other detail found online. In plain terms, if a bus time or tram fare listed on the site turns out to be wrong, TfGM says the fault lies with the user, not with...

The same clause sweeps in the growing number of external links TfGM posts to community groups, third-party apps and council pages. By clicking through, passengers are effectively on their own; the authority refuses responsibility for whatever they encounter there. For Oldham commuters who rely on live departure boards or disruption alerts before leaving the house, the small-print shift means there is now no official promise that the information guiding their journey is correct.

Council officers say the disclaimer is standard legal hygiene for public bodies, but passenger groups warn it could erode trust. One regular on the 83 route said she already double-checks times on two apps after arriving late twice last month; now she feels she has to add a third source. The change comes as TfGM pushes more people toward digital tickets and real-time updates, making the website the front door to Greater Manchester's public transport network.

No new money, deadlines or specific routes are mentioned in the notice, and the authority has not said whether any particular error triggered the update. What is clear is that anyone planning a trip from Oldham town centre to Manchester on the tram, or catching the late bus back to Shaw, can no longer assume the official site will stand by its own timetable.