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It felt like I was the only person walking around Worsley Road at 7.30am. It’s day one of the Bee Network bus strike (September 19) and everyone in this part of Manchester seems to travel by road.

Queues of cars are stacking up and the noise of the nearby M60 is difficult to get out of your ears. It’s a 40-minute walk to the nearest train stations in Walkden or Patricroft, so maybe it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that lots of people here seem to drive.

This is one of the places in Manchester where, if you don’t have access to a car, the bus becomes a vital mode of transport. But just how important is the bus to areas of Manchester like Worsley?

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