Single tickets are now £2 while all day travel is £5
Lower fares led to around 1.5 million extra journeys being made on buses across Greater Manchester in the first three months since the £2 and £5 caps were introduced, according to analysis by transport bosses.
TfGM said it was 'difficult to directly attribute' what proportion of the 10 per cent increase was down to the new fares and what 'is attributable' to post-Covid recovery and other factors. "Further analysis is needed once more data is available to fully attribute the impact of the fares offer on patronage. If the indicative impact on patronage is correct, a five per cent increase over three months, this represents a significant result in the context of bus patronage and equates to approximately 1.5 million additional journeys over that period."
The fares offer was extended to £21 weekly tickets in January, but the impact of that isn't captured in the evaluation, which is based on operators' ticket sales and around 2,400 survey responses. TfGM says it also found the new fares had attracted more people to travel by bus who didn't use buses before, indicating a likely 'shift from car to bus'. The survey found that 5 per cent of those using the £2 single or £5 day tickets didn't travel by bus in Greater Manchester before.
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