Earlier this year, Andy Burnham announced plans to provide weekly updates on bus punctuality in the areas now being served by publicly-controlled buses. The first Greater Manchester boroughs to get franchised buses in decades were Wigan, Bolton and parts of Salford last September, with Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and north Manchester joining the fleet on Sunday .
That’s the basis for Andy Burnham’s assertion that ‘the Bee Network in tranche one is better than what it replaced’. But as tranche two comes in this weekend, concerns have been raised that some passengers may end up paying more under publicly-controlled services than they did with a private firm. Following the report from the Local Democracy Reporting Service last month, the Mayor has again sought to quell fears that commuters will be out-of-pocket.
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