Bee Network is a travel & local app developed by Transport for Greater Manchester.
Download Statistics
Bee Network has been downloaded 590 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 15 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 travel & local apps.
User Ratings
Bee Network is rated 4.14 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 2.9 thousand ratings.
App Information
Bee Network is FREE to download. The APK download size is 65.71 MB. The latest version available is 1.10.0. The last update was on July 2, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Bee Network requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2023.
Description
Say yellow to the Bee Network app, brought to you by Transport for Greater Manchester. You can find your nearest stop, get live departure times, track your bus, plan a journey and buy and use tram tickets.
Use the Bee Network app to: • Track bus live locations • Find your nearest stops and departure times, save your favourites for quick access • Plan your journey on public transport or by active travel • Buy and display tram, bus and multi modal tickets • View active, purchased and expired tickets • Rate your journey
BUS TRACKING View the live locations of buses on a map and track them along the route to your stop. You can also see the locations of subsequent buses and where they are currently are on the route.
LIVE TRAVEL UPDATES Get live departure times for bus, tram and train. Find your nearest stop, select it as a ‘favourite’ and stay updated.
JOURNEY PLANNING You can plan public transport journeys on buses, trams and trains as well as active travel via cycling, cycle hire and walking. Filter results by travel mode or step-free access. Park and ride options are provided when available.
We will let you know the right ticket for your journey and either give you the option to buy it in the app or provide you with pricing information and instructions for other retail channels.
BUY, SAVE AND DISPLAY TICKETS FROM THE APP You can buy selected bus and tram tickets on the Bee Network app, including our new Bee AnyBus+Tram tickets and use the app to display or scan your ticket when boarding or for inspection.
You can now pay easily with Apple Pay and Google Pay as well as the option to save your payment details, to make it quicker and easier when you’re buying your tickets.
RATE YOUR JOURNEY Let us know about your bus and tram journeys in Greater Manchester. We will use your feedback to shape the Bee Network.
For further information go to beenetwork.com
Please note that you must have a valid ticket to travel on public transport otherwise you are liable for a Penalty Fare.
If you are using the app to buy and display tickets for travel, make sure your phone has enough battery to display your ticket for the duration of your journey.
Bee Network: Powered by Transport for Greater Manchester. Every journey. Every day.
Recent changes: We’ve made a variety of functionality, performance, and stability improvements.
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Good app, but I only occasionally use trams. The ability to buy a single use ticket would be nice, especially when I'm chasing the last one of the night and have no time to pay at the tram stop.
★★★★☆Mike Jones· Jul 15, 2026
Flying back into Manchester, and given airlines now allow Wi-Fi and that phones don't update time zones until mobile networks are back on, and that there is a drive for public transport to and from Manchester, it would be good to have the bee network: plan journey departure time, take into account the time zone the phone thinks it is in.
★★★★★Matt Thorne· Jul 23, 2026
Very good for anyone to use in greater manchester
★★★★★Isaac Douglas· Apr 12, 2026
Good app told me where my next bus is in highly recommend this app, staff have great manners on the buses,
★★☆☆☆Dave Worrall· Apr 18, 2026
We get paid monthly, we pay our bills monthly, we live our social lives monthly, the calendar runs monthly. Everything runs monthly and has done for centuries. So why is it so hard for public transportation to have monthly tickets? It's not like it's not already set up, with the annual option, but monthly? Nah mate, too difficult for us. When I start getting paid every 28 days, I'll consider using it regularly and consistently, but when I went to my boss with the idea, he called me an idiot
★☆☆☆☆Sam Lynch· Feb 7, 2026
Great idea but often takes several minutes to load tickets despite the rest of the app working fine. This has caused me to miss a few buses. My advice would be to use the bus tracking functions but don't buy tickets using the app
★☆☆☆☆Max Lake· Jan 21, 2026
Doesn't even give the correct information. One minute you can see a tram and departure time, then it disappears and then might reappear. I've missed many trams because of this. A serious overhaul is needed of this app. It's such a shame, as I love using the trams... but will stick with Google Maps. Bus reliability is much improved, but this app is unreliable and is missing key features. We should be able to see more than 13 mins of upcoming trams.
★☆☆☆☆A P· Jun 18, 2026
Why does the app tell me to walk from the main bus station to the next stop along??? So many inconsistencies I've finding it's easier to use Google Maps.
★★☆☆☆Chris Sykes· Apr 19, 2026
Won't let you buy tickets for immediate travel on the tram and requests your location about once per minute.
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