Young people, the disabled and the elderly are set to pay less for bus travel as part of a raft of changes to the Bee Network.

Frequent services, new night buses and cheaper travel were just some of the new features announced by the Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham yesterday (September 1).

Speaking at the Shudehill bus station on Monday, the mayor added feedback from the public had driven the changes to keep encouraging more people to use public transport.

Two years on from placing every single Greater Manchester bus under public control, transport chiefs say they are confident they can increase passenger numbers by 30pc by the end of the decade, having seen 12pc and 14pc surges in the areas of Greater Manchester to get Bee Network buses first.

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