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.
 

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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.

Overview map

 

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:

  1. Quicker, more reliable bus journeys
  2. Improved links between local transport including bus and tram stops and rail stations
  3. 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.

This activity will open on 20 Jan 2026. Please come back on or after this date to give us your views.

Opens 20 Jan 2026

Closes 22 Feb 2026

Events

  • Public Drop-In Session 1

    From 3 Feb 2026 at 09:30 to 3 Feb 2026 at 12:30
    Langworthy Cornerstone, 451 Liverpool St., Salford M6 5QQ
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  • Business Drop-In Session

    From 5 Feb 2026 at 12:30 to 5 Feb 2026 at 14:30
    Hot House, The Open Centre, MediaCityUK, Salford M50 2HQ
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  • Public Drop-In Session 2

    From 5 Feb 2026 at 16:30 to 5 Feb 2026 at 19:30
    Salford Watersports Centre, 15 The Quays, Salford M50 3SQ
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Audiences

  • General public

Interests

  • Transport