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Free 41 bus service back, UoM announces

Free 41 bus service back, UoM announces

A University of Manchester deal with Transport for Greater Manchester means that the 41 is free for one year between Campus and Manchester Victoria, in an effort to tackle cost of living for students and support sustainable travel
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Bee Network to introduce new ‘tap and go’ system

Bee Network to introduce new ‘tap and go’ system

This contactless system aims to make bus and tram transit easier and more affordable
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Greater Manchester to keep bus fares at £2

Greater Manchester to keep bus fares at £2

Manchester is keeping the £2 bus cap in 2025, despite the cap increasing in much of the UK
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Magic Bus fares set to rise to £2 from December 2023

Magic Bus fares set to rise to £2 from December 2023

The Magic bus single fares will now match the price of singles across Greater Manchester and the UK under the current fare cap
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Andy Burnham announces new bus fares to combat cost of living crisis

Andy Burnham announces new bus fares to combat cost of living crisis

Bunrham announces that from September 2022 the bus fares will be capped at £2 for adults and £5 for day passes across all operators in Greater Manchester.
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Better Buses Action Week to support regulation of Manchester’s buses

Better Buses Action Week to support regulation of Manchester’s buses

The campaign was aimed at lobbying the Mayor for greater activity on bus reform
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Stagecoach take over 147 bus

Stagecoach take over 147 bus

With Stagecoach taking over the 147 service, students will be able to travel from West Didsbury to North Campus directly for the first time
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Students launch ‘boycott First’ campaign

First bus drivers at the Rusholme Depot are paid up to £5000 a year less than colleagues working at the First’s Queen’s Road base just five miles away
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New bus pass not possible until April 2018

Controversy surrounds the creation of an affordable “pass accepted by First and Stagecoach”, a stated priority of the General Secretary
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Rude bus drivers or difficult students?

The Mancunion has investigated student experience with bus drivers after a Manchester Metropolitan University student allegedly faced harassment and discrimination
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Bus Ranters!

They’re too cold, too warm, too dirty and never turn up! We can only be on about buses. Robert Firth has a rant about an integral feature of Manchester student life.
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Getting around

Tips for getting around Manchester from The Mancunion
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Family of bus crash victim appeal for thief to come forward

One year after his death, the 21-year-old’s family appeal for the criminal to come forward
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