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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham transport correspondent

Manchester’s Bee Network introduces tap-in travel on buses as well as trams

A yellow Bee Network bus travelling through Manchester streets at night
Unlimited weekly bus and tram use in central Manchester will be automatically capped at £30.30. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Manchester will enjoy a transport network on “a footing with London, New York and Madrid” when contactless tap-in fares launch across its buses from Sunday.

The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, said that the switch would mark the moment when the city would “realise our ambition of a truly integrated, London-style transport network”, allowing people to switch between buses and trams without different tickets and with the cost automatically calculated and capped.

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