Hopes of a free tram pass for NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic have stalled due to wrangling with government over Metrolink funding, Andy Burnham has said.
On Friday Conservative MPs wrote to the mayor calling on him to provide the discount for frontline workers, as has happened on other modes of transport.
However Mr Burnham says that until ministers provide a bail-out for Metrolink - which gets no subsidy and has seen a huge drop in revenue since the lockdown began - that is going to be a struggle.
The M.E.N. understands the region’s tram system has seen a drop in fare income from £6m a month to a few hundred thousand pounds in recent weeks, as journeys have dramatically reduced due to government advice.