Metrolink's secret funding plan revealed

Tram service needs funds to secure its future but won't say how much

- PAUL BRITTON

METROLINK has unveiled plans to dip into cash reserves of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to help fund and secure its future, transport bosses have announced.

But the exact costings of the bailout proposal have not been revealed despite the M.E.N. asking for them.

The owners of Metrolink, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), get the majority of its revenue funding from Greater Manchester Combined Authority anyway via a council tax levy.