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Tram-train will link 'forgotten' towns says mayor

Chris Gee
Local Democracy Reporting Service
BBC A yellow and grey tram on a track at a platform outside. The sun is setting in the background.BBC
The service would run via Atherton and could connect Bolton and Leigh to the Metrolink

Greater Manchester's mayor has said towns left out of a new transport funding boost have not been "forgotten", as he revealed plans for a new tram-train service.

Andy Burnham said full details of a proposed new transport link that would connect Bolton and Leigh to the Metrolink system via Atherton would be published next month.

It comes after the government announced £2.5bn in extra transport funding for the tram network to extend to Stockport and see added stops in Bury, Manchester and Oldham.

Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester he wanted "all our boroughs to be connected by a Metrolink style service".

The mayor was challenged by listener Alison while on BBC Radio Manchester's phone-in, who asked why the £2.5bn cash injection made no mention of Bolton.

She said: "Has Bolton been forgotten yet again? When, when, when will Bolton be linked to the Metrolink":[]}