With effect from 3rd September, the 147 Oxford Road Link bus service will be operated by Stagecoach, which includes an extended route from Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station to West Didsbury.
The new service will begin on 3rd September at 05:31 hrs and will run from Piccadilly Railway Station to Citylabs near Manchester University Hospitals Trust on Oxford Road (not through the hospital boulevard) every 15 minutes until 06:46 hrs. Thereafter, the frequency will increase to every 10 minutes and the service will extend to West Didsbury. The last departure from Piccadilly Railway Station will be 19.25 hrs.