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Public Transport: Greater Manchester

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 14 January 2026UIN 102062

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is providing funding towards new fare arrangements in Greater Manchester.

Answered by Keir Mather

The simplified fares system that the Department worked with Transport for Greater Manchester to deliver in December is revenue neutral, reducing passenger fares at no cost to the public purse.

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