Metrolink services will begin running more frequently amid growing passenger numbers - but tram travel will no longer be free for NHS and social care workers.
The changes, which will also see the return of restrictions on elderly concessionary pass holders travelling before 9.30am, will come into effect from June 2.
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says the region’s public transport system is experiencing increasing pressure as lockdown begins to ease.
Since social distancing restrictions began tram frequency has been reduced to one every 20 minutes, but this will be ramped up to a 12-minute service.
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