Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is reviewing bus routes in Salford, Wigan, Leigh, and Bolton to identify improvements and address concerns about unreliability, particularly in west Salford. The review comes after all buses in the region were brought back under local control through the Bee Network.
Salford could get new bus routes around the city following a review of its services, a councillor has said.
“If you come to Worsley or Boothstown or Roe Green you can’t get a bus to the hospital,” he added. “It’s alright having good buses, and cleaner buses and electric buses, but if older people in our areas can’t get a bus to where they need to get to, it’s no good.” “Because of the total failure of privatisation, deregulation of the buses by Margaret Thatcher, we’ve seen a decimation of routes.
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