Hopefully CAM will be reviewed and replaced with something that will actually work!
Burnham wants to bring Manchester's buses under control, which could potentially change how that network interacts with the Metrolink and national rail system. Additionally wishes to extend Metrolink to areas of the city that do not have it.
Bib - that is a gross misrepresentation of reality.
Perhaps you'd like to tell us about all the rail improvements and investment which took place during Labour's last term of office ? (Hint, there wasn't much. And they deliberately pushed Railtrack into administration which was irresponsible). TFL, one of Labour's pet projects is a financial basket case and has the financial discipline of an incontinent puppy.
You'll need to provide evidence to support your claim of "Tory disdain" for the railways, and I'll give you a tip, before you try repeating quotes attributed to Margaret Thatcher, do your research and find sources which confirm them - somebody else on these forums didn't do that recently, and had to backtrack when asked for evidence.
I mean most of the parties have pretty bad transport policy. New Labour was basically a continuation of the Conservatives in that area. The only reason the government is currently doing things is in reaction to record passenger growth, which has been hard to ignore.
I don't honestly know how any of the leaders genuinely feel about rail and I don't think they do either! Similar to climate change, bike lanes, NHS, etc... it's a lot of empty promises. A lot of talking, very little action. The Conservatives want to do as little as possible, but speak about how they are doing things to appease people.
TFL has been fully funded by farebox revenue for a number of years, which is very impressive. Unfortunately, as they had little government funding to fall back on during the pandemic, that unwound a lot of things. No public transport service should be "bailed out", or get within days of suspending service. But Westminster & the Treasury drag their heels as usual...