Andy Burnham's vision for Greater Manchester's railways as he gets new powers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAndy Burnham has new powers. And the Mayor of Greater Manchester has set out how he intends to use them to transform trains across the region.
Under the government's new devolution plans, Burnham will have a formal role in running the railways. This includes more influence over timetables and could, potentially, seem his authority control some stations and the land around them.
The precise details of exactly how much power and influence Mr Burnham will have are yet to be set out. But the Labour mayor has said that he is 'excited' about the prospect of taking over train stations and increasing the frequency of trains running in Manchester.
It comes weeks before Greater Manchester reaches the final stage of bringing all buses in the city-region under public control.
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