MAN already has good surface transport connections, and by the end of this decade will have improved road links (A555) and faster and more frequent electric trains from Liverpool, Leeds, and Scotland. And locally the Metrolink tramway.
Hopefully most well before the end of the decade.
Airport to Scotland should be electrified by Dec 2013. I understand new 4 car "350" style units will be used.
Airport to Liverpool by December 2014
Airport to Blackpool by December 2015
Airport to Leeds will be after that
Metrolink to the Airport by 2016 if they can solve the new Tram Management System integration by then....
That will link Eccles, Bury, Ashton and Oldham to the Airport although it will take some time to get from the furthest areas by this method! Running patterns not yet sorted - even for the extensions which should open in 2012....
And one day the A555 may at last be a reality.......heard 2021 mentioned for final completion
So access is slowly getting better, particularly for public transport.
Suzeman