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“40 minutes?! To town?” I asked, in accusing tones, to the person wielding the Uber app last Saturday night.

“Forget that, we’ll get the bus…

“52 MINUTES! Train then. 45?!”

This shouting of numbers went on for some time as we attempted to make the three mile journey from south Manchester to the city centre.

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It won’t have escaped your notice that travelling in and around the city centre the last few weeks has been a bit of a nightmare. And last w

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