
EV charging projects pipeline
Updated August 2024
Here’s the latest on charging point projects on the ground – and future plans and funding bids.
Dedicated Be.EV taxi and private hire charging points
We've installed 60 new rapid charging points dedicated for EV private hire vehicle (PHV) and hackney vehicles.
All the charging points are now available to use as part of the Be.EV charging network.
To use them, you’ll need to be:
licensed by one of the ten Greater Manchester local authorities
registered as a Be.EV taxi scheme member
We chose the locations following feedback from the trade. Two charging points have been installed in 28 of the locations, with one charging point installed in four of the locations (Beeley Street, Kershaw Street, Turnpike House and Waterloo Street).
Bolton
Eagle Street car park
Back Willows Lane car park
Egerton Street car park – Farnworth
Bury
Foundry Street car park – Bury Town Centre
Whitefield Metrolink Park and Ride car park
Trinity Street car park – Bury Town Centre
Manchester
China Town car park – Manchester
Thurloe Street car park – Rusholme, Manchester
Harling Road (on street) Sharston Industrial Area – Wythenshawe
Waterloo Street, Manchester city centre
Oldham
Peel Street car park – Chadderton
Waterloo Street car park – Oldham Town Centre
Kershaw Street – Shaw
Rochdale
High Street car park – Rochdale Town Centre
Eastview car park – Middleton, Rochdale
Taylor Street car park – Heywood, Rochdale
Salford
Hankinson Way car park – Pendleton, Salford
John William Street car park – Eccles, Salford
Church Street car park – Swinton
Turnpike House car park – Eccles
Stockport
Lomas Street car park – Edgeley, Stockport
Torkington Park car park – Hazel Grove, Stockport
Newbridge Lane car park – Stockport Town Centre
Tameside
Mulberry Street car park – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Union Street car park – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Beeley Street car park – Hyde, Tameside
Trafford
The Quadrant car park – Old Trafford, Trafford
Victoria Place – Trafford Park, Trafford
Ashfield Road (on street) – Sale, Trafford
Wigan
Loire Drive car park – Robin Park, Wigan
Town Hall car park – Leigh, Wigan
Chatsworth Street Pemberton car park – Wigan
Be.EV taxi membership scheme and exclusive taxi and PHV charging points
We've installed 60 new rapid charging points dedicated for EV private hire vehicle (PHV) and hackney vehicles as part of the Be.EV charging network.
To use them you’ll need to be a licensed taxi driver and register as a Be.EV taxi member.
Preferential rates are available for drivers licensed by one of the ten Greater Manchester local authorities.
The charging point locations were chosen following feedback from the local taxi trade.
To sign up to use them and see a map showing locations, visit the Be.EV website.
The Be.EV network
Greater Manchester's publicly owned charging points are included in the Be.EV network.