Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has promised to look into the price of rail replacement bus services in Bury.

He made the comments on his weekly Radio Manchester "hot seat" phone-in hosted by presenter Mike Sweeney after a listener complained about the cost of replacement buses used during "regular" issues with the Bury Metrolink line.

In his question, read by Sweeney, the listener, Mike, asked why “TfGM (Transport for Greater Manchester) are allowed to overcharge when there are replacement bus services in place".

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He continued to say that while the Bury tramline was closed recently, a single ticket from Besses o’ th' Barn to Manchester cost him £3.80, when a normal bus costs just £2.

He added that issues on the Bury line were "a fairly regular occurrence" and the price felt like "a right rip-off".

Responding, Mr Burnham said: “I think that’s an anomaly created by the changes that we’ve done with buses, I’ll take that one away, Mike.

“It shouldn’t be the case that you’re paying that [price] when you could get a much cheaper journey somewhere else.

“Let me take that one back to TfGM.”

Disruption on the Bury Metrolink line is a relatively common occurrence, with signalling issues on the line between Bury and Whitefield reported yesterday, Wednesday.

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Recently, TfGM urged motorists to be aware of trams when driving near Metrolink tracks after releasing footage of close to 100 crashes.

The transport body recently released video of road traffic collisions on the network after it revealed that between April and December 2022, there were 91 car crashes with trams.

Most incidents were caused by driver error, the transport body said, which is asking drivers to be more aware of their surroundings when sharing road space with trams, particularly at junctions and level crossings.