More than 10 million “tap and go” journeys have been made on Bee Network buses since the introduction of the payment method on 24 March.
The 10 millionth tap and go journey was made on the 143 service from St Mary’s Hospital four months after Transport for Greater Manchester opened out the technology to include buses.
The tap-on tap-off method had been a feature on the city’s trams since 2019.
TfGM says 57% of all journeys on Bee Network buses are made using tap and go.
The payment method allows travel on both tram and bus without the need for a ticket and ensuring passengers pay the best price for their journey. TfGM has credited it for speeding up journey times.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham says: “When we launched tap and go, I called on people to get on board with the Bee Network and give it a go, and they certainly have, with a fantastic 10 million tap and go journeys already made by more than one million different passengers.
“We want public transport to be everyone’s first choice for getting around Greater Manchester and to make that happen, we need to make it as easy as possible, and that’s what tap and go is about.
“This is a huge part of us creating the world-class public transport network Greater Manchester deserves, bringing us in line with other global cities and to anyone that hasn’t had a go and tapped on yet, I’d simply say ‘why not give it a try, get on board with us and back the Bee Network?’.’”
TfGM plans to expand tap and go to allow seamless travel on bus, train, tram and bike in Greater Manchester by 2030.
