The government said today it would 'support' Greater Manchester's Metrolink system with funding to keep trams running through the coronavirus pandemic.
No exact sum, or funding structure, was revealed. But Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, said the government would work with Greater Manchester's town halls 'to identify what support is needed to allow essential services to continue'.
Metrolink is currently losing around £5.5m a month with the lockdown measures forcing all but essential workers off the network.
Earlier this week the mayor of Greater Manchester said Metrolink could be shut down unless an urgent package of government funding was confirmed.
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