00:00Hi everybody, thanks very much for joining us on what is a momentous day for Greater Manchester.
00:08We have now an integrated public transport system of the kind that this city deserves
00:15and it is already bringing huge benefits for our residents, making it easier to get around
00:22but also lowering the cost of public transport. I've travelled in this morning from where I live
00:27in Goulburn, £2 all the way into the city centre because obviously over to Lee and within the hour
00:34getting the V1 over to the city, that's pretty good value and then on into the city using the
00:43tram off peak means £5.40 for a whole day. You know if I did the same journey going back it's
00:50good value and that's what we wanted to achieve so I want to thank the team that's done it over
00:57the weekend. We've introduced a new system, it's complicated but it's been done without any
01:03hitches so far and you know we're really grateful to everybody who's worked on it so
01:09this is the end if you like of phase one of the B network. We have introduced
01:14an integrated system over bus and tram.
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