Children aged 11 to 18 across Greater Manchester - including Altrincham and the rest of Trafford - will soon be eligible for free bus travel, the city region's new mayor has announced.
Labour's Bev Craig, elected on Friday following Andy Burnham's departure from the role, said the change will be rolled out from January.
The existing Our Pass scheme already gives 16 to 18-year-olds free travel on the Bee Network.
Extending eligibility down to age 11 will save families an estimated £500 a year per child, according to Craig.
"Families across Greater Manchester are struggling with the cost of living and I'm using my first day as mayor to do something practical to make life a bit easier," she said.
More than 50,000 16 to 18-year-olds currently use the scheme, and Craig said the extension is expected to take that figure to around 200,000 young people, making it easier to get to school, training and other opportunities.
Applications will open later this year, with families able to apply for their child's pass in advance of the January launch.
Craig topped the poll in Trafford on her way to victory, taking 30,966 first preference votes in the borough - half of all those cast.
She said the changes were fully costed and paid for using "existing budgets".
She said: "In my manifesto I didn't make promises that I couldn't deliver, so I'd already done a lot of the work on how much it would cost.
"So we're going to pay for this using existing budgets. This isn't going to be extra taxpayers' money that hasn't been forecast.
"We're going to use our single settlement that we've got, the funding streams we have, and in getting more young people on the buses, encourage their families to get on the bus too, and over time grow the Bee Network."
