11-09-2026 13:13 via passengertransport.co.uk

‘We’re backing local leaders’

As franchised services begin in Liverpool City Region, the PM is pledging to help others to follow
 An all-new fleet features grey and yellow Metro branding 
Sunday, September 6 saw the roll-out of the first locally-controlled bus services in the Liverpool City Region since the mid-1980s. Following in the footsteps of Greater Manchester, it has become the second area of the country to move to the franchised model for buses.
An all-new fleet of British-built Alexander Dennis and Wrightb
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