A Judge has ruled in favour of Andy Burnham's bid for major bus reform - marking a historic moment for public transport in Greater Manchester.
It follows a judicial review brought by bus firms Stagecoach and Rotala, who claimed plans to move to a franchising system, where operators had to bid to run services under public control, were 'irrational' and 'unlawful'.
Their arguments against the proposal included the changes wrought by Covid on the public transport network. However, sitting on Wednesday at the Royal Courts of Justice, Mr Justice Julian Knowles ruled against the operators, adding: "Whilst I granted the plaintiffs permission to bring the review I dismiss the claims.
In my judgement the mayor's decision and the process by which the Greater Manchester Combined Authority came to recommend the scheme was lawful." Mr Justice Knowles said his judgement runs to a hundred pages and more than 300 paragraphs.
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