You can buy tickets that combine Metrolink tram trips with Greater Manchester train journeys, instead of getting two separate tickets.
Do you qualify?
You must be travelling to or from a rail station in Greater Manchester.
See map of Greater Manchester rail area.
Anyone can buy this ticket. But if you're under 16, a student (16-19 in school or college), over 60 or disabled with a National Concessionary Travel Pass, find out more about tickets and passes.
The costs and the benefits
A combined ticket lets you travel between a Greater Manchester train station, and within your chosen Metrolink zones for one month.
There's no need to buy a combined ticket if your rail journey is into Manchester city centre and your travel by tram is all in Metrolink Zone 1 - you can use your train ticket for those tram journeys for no extra cost.
If your tram travel is outside Zone 1, the cost depends on how far you're travelling; but it's cheaper than buying separate tickets.
Buy your combined ticket
You need a rail photo ID card first: get this by taking a passport-style photo to a staffed station ticket office.
When you have the ID card, buy the combined ticket from the train station ticket office.