Stagecoach has announced that it will be running 55 more bus journeys per day along popular university routes after complaints of ‘congestion’ and long waiting times

Five student unions in the Greater Manchester area, collectively called the Greater Manchester Student Assembly, have written to Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, to petition him for a £1.50 cap on public transport for students.

The £1.50 magic bus fare may have to be scrapped as Manchester receive half the funds expected

The figures, which account for all Stagecoach services in the south of Manchester, report a pre-tax profit of £15.2m

Eyewitnesses have stated a man in a balaclava carried out the attack on the bus in an “isolated incident”

Stagecoach have confirmed that longer journeys on the 142 Magic Bus service to Didsbury will now cost £2

Concerns have been raised surrounding the popular 147 bus route which is run by Stagecoach and partly subsided by the University of Manchester

With Stagecoach taking over the 147 service, students will be able to travel from West Didsbury to North Campus directly for the first time