Bus and tram tickets are to be launched cutting the cost of travel in Greater Manchester for many users by 20 per cent from September. The Bee Network starts on September 24, when the city-region becomes the first to bring bus services under local control since 1986.
Launching the new Bee AnyBus + tram tickets at Rochdale interchange, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said it would mark ‘a London style integrated fare structure for our city region’.
He also announced that two Greater Manchester railway routes, Stalybridge to Victoria and Glossop to Piccadilly, would become first outside London to pilot contactless pay-as-you-go travel. He said this would be a step towards integrating the rail service in the region in a similar way to buses and trams.
