Council leaders approve inflation busting Metrolink fare rises
Date published: 30 September 2017
Metrolink stop at Shaw on the Oldham to Rochdale line
Council leaders in Greater Manchester, including Oldham's Jean Stretton, approved Metrolink fares rising annually by 6% until 2020 at a Greater Manchester Combined Authority meeting on Friday.
The inflation busting increases in the adult fare will take place over a three-year period from January 2018.
Other changes agreed by the the ten council leaders include:
- Standardising child fares at 50% of the adult fare.
- Halving the cost of an off-peak day or weekend ticket for 16-18 year olds.
- Increasing the cost of a special event ticket for an adult from £3 to £4.
- Ihe introduction of half-price travel for 16 to 18-year-olds, to be followed at a later date by a free bus pass.
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