Greater Manchester bus strikes LIVE as dozens of services cancelled in travel chaos - updates

Commuters across Greater Manchester are being hit by mass disruption due to bus strikes today as drivers take industrial action in a row over a pay deal.

Dozens of buses are off the road, with transport bosses estimating up to two thirds of all the city region's services won't be running, including school buses.

Picket lines, meanwhile, are being manned at depots, with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) issuing urgent advice for bus passengers.

Bus tickets and passes are being accepted on certain trains and on Metrolink trams. Buses WILL be running in Bolton and Wigan.

The Manchester Evening News has compiled a list of all bus services that will not be running today - which is available here.

We will have reporters out and about on key bus routes throughout the day on Friday to gauge what impact the action is having and to speak with passengers affected.

The industrial action, the result of a long-running dispute between unions and operators over pay, is set to last until Monday, covering a busy weekend in Manchester.

TfGM said bus services operated under the Bee Network by Metroline, First and Stagecoach won't run from Friday through to Monday. They include numerous services in Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford - including school services. Buses in Wigan and Bolton won't be affected.

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More than 1,000 drivers at Stagecoach in Greater Manchester, at the Oldham, Stockport and Middleton depots, are walking out. The strikes are part of a co-ordinated series of industrial action with other firms in Manchester's integrated Bee Network.

Drivers at Stagecoach have rejected a