‘Coming-of-age moment’: Bee Network creates a buzz in Greater Manchester

The first buses bought back into public control since the 1980s roll out the depot in a ‘new dawn’ for public transportThe revolution, when it came, was thankfully on time. The first bus in England to be brought back into public control since the 1980s steered out of its depot near Bolton at 4.30am sharp, beginning what one passenger (the mayor, Andy Burnham) hailed as “a new dawn” for public transport.The service – a 521 from Farnworth to Westhoughton – marke