A drive to up compliance on wearing face coverings on public transport has seen success after a campaign by Transport for Greater Manchester, the police, and bus operators.

Police and transport staff were reminding people of their responsibility to wear masks, and the consequences of not wearing one unless exempt, with around 2,400 face masks handed out to passengers without one.

Bus and train operators reported seeing more people wearing a face covering last week, with more activity planned over the coming weeks.

TfGM's customer director, Stephen Rhodes, said: "We stepped-up our response after a fall in compliance levels amongst public transport users, and I'm pleased that it seems to have had the desired effect.

"We've had a great response from the public and I'd like to thank passengers for responding in the right way, but it is vital for the health and wellbeing of all who use public transport and our wider communities that this continues."

Unless exempt it has been mandatory to wear a face covering on public transport since June 15, with a failure to do so potentially resulting in a £100 fine