{"id":164034,"date":"2024-10-29T17:56:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/greater-manchester-bus-fare-cap-to-stay-at-2-mayor-confirms\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:56:19","slug":"greater-manchester-bus-fare-cap-to-stay-at-2-mayor-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/greater-manchester-bus-fare-cap-to-stay-at-2-mayor-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Manchester bus fare cap to stay at \u00a32, mayor confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/55f0\/live\/ea4ac720-961a-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.jpg?fit=1024,576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Greater Manchester bus fare cap to stay at \u00a32, mayor confirms\" title=\"Greater Manchester bus fare cap to stay at \u00a32, mayor confirms\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Single fares on Greater Manchester&#8217;s bus network will remain capped at \u00a32 into 2025 despite a nationwide rise, the city region&#8217;s mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy0l99xz719o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<!-- --><\/a> England&#8217;s single bus fare cap would be hiked to \u00a33 in the upcoming Budget. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But Burnham said fares in the region would remain at the current rate &#8220;for the whole of 2025 but subject to a mid-year review&#8221;.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The mayor made the announcement as part of a local fare restructure, which forms part of an <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c23l501e3kgo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing plan<!-- --><\/a> to bring all of Greater Manchester&#8217;s buses back under public control under the Bee Network branding. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Burnham said: &#8220;We will proceed with our plan to introduce a new simpler, flatter fare structure based around a \u00a32 single fare.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;This said, it is only by the middle of 2025 when we have completed phase 1 of the Bee Network, and we know the level of government funding we have, that we will be in a position to judge the financial outlook for the new system.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A London-style contactless payment system with daily and weekly payment caps would be introduced in March, the mayor said.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">London&#8217;s buses would also be exempt from the fare cap increase. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz6jlze96elo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single fares on Greater Manchester&#8217;s bus network will remain capped at \u00a32 into 2025 despite a nationwide rise, the city region&#8217;s mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed. Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has announced England&#8217;s single bus fare cap would be hiked to \u00a33 in the upcoming Budget. 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