The government will give Greater Manchester £18m to save public transport services affected by a fall in passenger numbers since the pandemic. But Andy Burnham says this is less than half of what is needed to close the budget gap.
Set to last until the end of March 2024, this funding follows more than £400m of bailouts for Greater Manchester’s transport network over four years. But this bailout comes with the condition that Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) becomes financially sustainable when it recovers from the pandemic.
It comes after London received a multi-billion-pound public transport bailout. Mayor Burnham said Greater Manchester's settlement is 'far less generous'.
