TRAVEL WISE

Providing a first class connectivity experience in and out of the region

This prime location allows rapid, easy access to the entire North West region and the Trans Pennine motorway network.

Northern Gateway is situated 1.5 miles from junction 19 of the M62.

Only 1 mile from junction 3 of the M66 and 3.9 miles from the intersection of M60/M62/M66.

Manchester City Centre within 9 miles.

CONNECTIVITY

metrolink

The Metrolink is one of the most successful light rail systems in the UK and now has 7 lines providing access around the city centre and out to the nearby conurbations. The system now provides circa 40 million passenger journeys per year, across its 93 stations. Bury Interchange and Whitefield both within 4 miles of the site and a regular shuttle bus will connect passengers directly into the heart of the site.

Road

Manchester is well served by one of the largest motorway networks in the UK. This has helped establish itself as the largest travel-to-work conurbation outside of London.

The M60 arterial motorway provides direct connections to the M62, M56, M61, M58 motorways, enabling convenient national motorway access to all areas of the conurbation.

Rail

There are now 5 mainline railway stations surrounding the city centre, providing excellent connectivity to the regional and national UK rail network, with 3 trains an hour to London.

A number of local train stations, connected by an extensive network of buses and the metrolink, to effectively link Northern Gateway to homes, other businesses and key transport nodes.

Airport

Manchester Airport, located 20 minutes from the city centre, is the UK’s third largest, offering flights to over 200 destinations – more than any other airport in the UK.

Manchester Airport’s cargo facility, the World Freight Terminal, is a community of more than 1,000 professionals managing freight-only aircraft as well as consignments that arrive or depart in the holds of passenger aircraft. The Airport carries approximately 29 million passengers annually, with plans to expand capacity over the next 15 years.

The Airport is currently partway through a 10-year refurbishment programme at a cost of £1.5 Billion, with the most recent phase including an extension and refurbishment of Terminal 2.

Bus

Northern Gateway will be well served by a network of rerouted existing bus services and new services to connect it to existing communities and the wider city region.

Through the Bee Network, a wider multimodal transport network, the development will be a sustainable community of new homes and workplaces.

This integrated transport system will also help the Manchester City region achieve carbon neutrality by 2038.