Andy Burnham confirms plans for night bus trial starting in 2024
- last month
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed a planned night bus trial will go ahead in the city-region this year.
The mayor says he hopes hourly all-night services on the V1 and 36 buses near key nighttime economy employment sites will start at the latest by the end of summer.
This pilot was given the go-ahead by councillors on Thursday March 21, and will run seven days a week with a bus every hour in each direction for a year.
This means over one hundred and thirty thousand people who live in Salford, Wigan and Bolton within a quarter of a mile of a V1 or 36 stop can get to and from the city centre at all hours of the day.
The pilot will include a ‘review point’, focusing primarily on supporting people working in the night time economy, as political leaders say that’s ‘up to a third’ of Greater Manchester’s staff work.
The buses will also serve areas with high numbers of people less likely to own a car and more likely to use public transport.
The mayor says he hopes hourly all-night services on the V1 and 36 buses near key nighttime economy employment sites will start at the latest by the end of summer.
This pilot was given the go-ahead by councillors on Thursday March 21, and will run seven days a week with a bus every hour in each direction for a year.
This means over one hundred and thirty thousand people who live in Salford, Wigan and Bolton within a quarter of a mile of a V1 or 36 stop can get to and from the city centre at all hours of the day.
The pilot will include a ‘review point’, focusing primarily on supporting people working in the night time economy, as political leaders say that’s ‘up to a third’ of Greater Manchester’s staff work.
The buses will also serve areas with high numbers of people less likely to own a car and more likely to use public transport.