Improving Journeys: Salford Crescent – MediaCityUK
Overview
Better transport is central to a growing Greater Manchester, where businesses can thrive and people can enjoy healthy, happy lives.
Through the Bee Network, we’re building a joined-up transport system that connects people with places and opportunities.
TfGM and Salford City Council are working together to improve the main route between Salford Crescent and MediaCityUK, used by the 50 bus service.
The route runs through the Salford districts of Pendleton and Langworthy before continuing into the City Centre to East Didsbury, connecting university campuses, workplaces and homes across Salford and Manchester.
We’re inviting feedback on our proposals to improve travel along the Salford Crescent to MediaCityUK corridor.
To take part in the survey please click HERE
What we’re proposing
Our goal is to make everyday journeys safer, easier and more reliable and to do this we’re planning several targeted improvements along this route.
Planned upgrades include:
- A new bus only restriction on South Langworthy Road will prioritise buses and trams, improving journey times and making services more reliable. This increased reliability will help address existing overcrowding that is known to occur on buses using this corridor. Minor adjustments at the Regent Road / M602 / Trafford Road roundabout, including updated signal timings and road markings, will help manage traffic changes and keep vehicles moving smoothly.
- Bus stops along the full corridor will be upgraded to improve passenger information with the introduction of Passenger Information Displays at key stops, enhanced accessibility through raising kerbs for easier boarding and alighting, installation of new shelters with seating for comfort, and improved safety by introducing safer crossing facilities nearby.
- New pedestrian and cycle crossings will be introduced at key locations including MediaCityUK, Broadway Roundabout, Langworthy Road, and Liverpool Street. These will make everyday walking, wheeling and cycling journeys safer and easier.
- Protected cycle tracks will be delivered along South Langworthy Road, Langworthy Road, and Liverpool Street, providing continuous, separated space for people cycling and encouraging more active travel. Protected cycle tracks ensure that all road users have their own dedicated space that is separated with a kerb or height difference.
- Improved junctions at Broadway, Eccles New Road, Langworthy Road, and Liverpool Street to reduce delays, enhance safety, and better support all road users. There will be signal controlled pedestrian crossings, introduction of protected cycle tracks, updated road markings to optimise junction functionality and active travel integration through new pedestrian and cycle crossings.
Together, these changes will provide:
- Quicker, more reliable bus journeys
- Improved links between local transport including bus and tram stops and rail stations
- Safer routes for walking, wheeling or riding a bike
Funding and Phasing
This programme is supported by £23.4 million from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). To ensure we make the best use of this investment, it is likely that the scheme will be delivered in phases.
Work undertaken to date suggests that the proposals between Eccles New Road and MediaCityUK offer the greatest potential benefits, particularly for improving transport reliability and journey times. They are also expected to have the strongest impact in encouraging more people to travel by bus, tram, walking, and cycling.
However, your views are essential. The findings from this engagement will play a key role in confirming how we prioritise the proposals and how the scheme is delivered. Your feedback will help ensure the proposals reflect local needs and deliver the greatest benefits for the community.
Why your views matter
We know that the most successful schemes are shaped by the people who use them. Your views will help us refine the proposals and deliver the greatest possible benefits.
Feedback from the first round of engagement in late 2023, has been used to directly inform the draft proposals that we are engaging on in the second round of engagement, running from 20 January to 22 February 2026. We’re asking for your thoughts on the draft proposals so we can develop a more detailed design that reflects local priorities and needs.
Once the detailed proposals have been developed, a statutory consultation will take place. You’ll be invited to share your views again at that stage.
After the statutory consultation, a full project business case will be prepared and reviewed by decision-makers to determine which parts of the scheme should go ahead. If approved, we’ll share further updates on delivery timeframes and next steps.
Survey Details
This survey starts with questions about your interest in the survey, how often you travel, your mode of transportation, and any priorities for bus or cycling, walking, or wheeling improvements. The proposals have been divided into 11 maps:
• Map 1 - Liverpool Street junctions with Amersham Street and Bradden Close
• Map 2 - Liverpool Street & Athole Street/ Fitzwarren Street Junction
• Map 3 - Liverpool Street (Langworthy Road to Highfield Road)
• Map 4 - Liverpool Street and Langworthy Road junction
• Map 5- Langworthy Road and Amersham Park Road junction
• Map 6- South Langworthy Road and Eccles New Road
• Map 7 - South Langworthy Road (Montford Street/ Carolina Way)
• Map 8 - South Langworthy Road (Dallas Court to Salford City College)
• Map 9 - South Langworthy (Road Broadway to Dallas Court)
• Map 10 - Broadway roundabout
• Map 11 - The Quays (The Bund)
The survey will present a map of the proposals, a text description of the proposals, and a question on how the proposals might impact you, for each of the 11 areas within Salford. Finally, there is a series of demographic questions.
To make sure you receive questions that apply to you, questions 1–4 are mandatory. Any questions after that are optional.
Further information on how we will use this information you provide is available in our privacy notice that you can view at https://tfgm.com/privacy-policy
The survey will be open until 23:59 on 22 February 2026.
To take part in the survey please click HERE
Supplementary Information
The key information about the proposals is within this survey, but if you wish to access supplementary information on the proposals this can be found at the below webpage:
https://tfgm.com/projects/improving-journeys/salford-crescent-to-mediacity
Supplementary information includes:
- A “You Said, We Did” summary of the previous engagement on initial proposals that took place in late 2023, and how the feedback has helped to shape the updated proposals.
- How the proposals support TfGM and Salford City Council strategies for Salford and Greater Manchester.
You can request a paper copy of the supplementary information to be sent to an address, details of how to do this are below.
Survey Help
If you require support to respond to the survey, you can contact us at hello@beenetwork.com or by phoning 0161 244 1444.
The contact centre is open Monday to Friday between 7am to 8pm, and at weekends and public holidays between 8am to 8pm. People can use this number to:
- Complete the survey over the phone.
- Receive support for non-English speakers.
- Request the survey in an alternative language or format.
- Request a paper copy of the survey to be sent to an address.
- Request a paper copy of the supplementary information to be sent to an address.
- Request further information about the public drop-in sessions if you do not have online access
Please note, an easy read version of this survey is available at the bottom of this page under related documents.
Public Drop-In Sessions are planned to take place:
- Tuesday 3 February 2026, 9:30am-12:30pm, Langworthy Cornerstone, 451 Liverpool St., Salford M6 5QQ
- Thursday 5 February 2026, 4:30pm-7:30pm, Salford Watersports Centre, 15 The Quays, Salford M50 3SQ
These public drop-in sessions will allow people to speak to members of staff about the proposals either 1-2-1 or in small groups.
Business Drop-In Session is planned to take place:
- Thursday 5 February 2026, 12:30pm-14:30pm, Hot House, The Open Centre, MediaCityUK, Salford M50 2HQ
This business drop-in session will allow people to speak to members of staff about the proposals either 1-2-1 or in small groups.
Events
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Public Drop-In Session 1
From 3 Feb 2026 at 09:30 to 3 Feb 2026 at 12:30Location Langworthy Cornerstone, 451 Liverpool St., Salford M6 5QQ -
Business Drop-In Session
From 5 Feb 2026 at 12:30 to 5 Feb 2026 at 14:30Location Hot House, The Open Centre, MediaCityUK, Salford M50 2HQ -
Public Drop-In Session 2
From 5 Feb 2026 at 16:30 to 5 Feb 2026 at 19:30Location Salford Watersports Centre, 15 The Quays, Salford M50 3SQ
Audiences
- General public
Interests
- Transport
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