This ticket is for a single concession tram journey, starting before 9.30am, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).
This ticket allows you to make one journey within the Metrolink zones you’ve chosen and you must finish your journey within two hours of buying your ticket or touching in at the smart reader.
Your ticket must be valid in all zones that you travel through.
If you're making your journey on a bank holiday, a weekend, or after 9.30am Monday to Friday and you have a TfGM-issued English National Concessionary Travel Pass, you can travel on Metrolink for free.
Check if you qualify
To buy a concession single ticket, you must have a TfGM-issued disability travel pass with you.
If you have a TfGM-issued disability plus travel pass you can travel for free at any time on Metrolink.
If the pass you hold has been issued from another authority other than Transport for Greater Manchester, you would be required to pay the full adult fare.
The cost
Zones | Cost |
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Any one zone (1, 2, 3 or 4) | 70p |
Two zones (1+2) | £1.40 |
Two zones (2+3 or 3+4) | £1.20 |
Three zones (1+2+3) | £1.90 |
Three zones (2+3+4) | £1.60 |
All zones (1+2+3+4) | £2.30 |
How to buy your ticket
You must buy your ticket before your first journey. You cannot buy tickets on the tram.
A convenient way to buy a ticket is online at beenetwork.com/bee-card using your concessionary pass as a smart card. It’s easy, flexible and avoids the queues.
Find out more about Bee Cards, and using smart cards.
Alternatively, you can buy a ticket:
- at a ticket machine on the tram stop using cash or card (including contactless)
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Learn more about new Starling Bank Bikes
New sponsor: Starling Bank Bikes
We’re delighted to welcome Starling Bank on board as the new sponsors of our bike hire scheme.
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Rate your journey
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We want to hear your views to help us deliver a better Bee Network for Greater Manchester.
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Learn more about the Bee Network
Say yellow to the Bee Network
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Find full details of the bus routes, ticket fares and timetables
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Find out about planned works on the tram
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Visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works could affect your journeys.