THE re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, is seeking £1 billion from the Government to extend Metrolink into Bolton, Middleton and Stockport.
He said that replacing trains with trams on the Oldham loop to Rochdale had led to a six-fold rise in the number of passengers, and that further expansion of the network would help meet his goal of creating a London-style transport system in Manchester, integrating bus and tram operations under one brand.