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Route 147

Route: Service 147

Route history

Operator Route Change date Change Leaflet job no. Routes listed Envelope code Licence no./notes In collection E-Version Link
GMB Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill circ 26/10/1986 hrly M-S daytime NESu. Ev30mins am peak CH-HW. Reverse = 146 5146 146 147 148 146 1186 reprint y E
RIB GMB Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill circ 21/06/1987 hrly MS daytime by Ribble incl E. SuBH hrly by GMB 6146 147 147 y p
RIB GMB Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill circ 21/06/1987 hrly MS daytime by Ribble incl E. SuBH hrly by GMB 6183 147 147 787 reprint y E
RIB GMB Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill -city - Chorlton - Stretford 26/09/1987 extn Stretford via Chorlton and city. MS hrly by Ribble, Su hrly by GMB. Linked to 148. Replacing 103 RIB 6210 147 148 146 y E
RIB GMB Woodhouses - Failsworth - Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill -city - Chorlton - Stretford 13/06/1988 extended Woodhouses via Failsworth: MS daytime hrly full route plus hrly Moston - Stretford 0815-1415MF 1815 S; MF ev30mins full route to 1815 the hrly 2315. Supported Su by GMB hrly full route 0815 -2315 6657 147 146 y E
RIB Stretford - Chorlton - Mcr - Moston - Oldham 17/07/1988 M-S daytime ev30mins. NESu R880717 147 M82 146 R45 Y E
RIB Stretford - Chorlton - Mcr - Moston - Oldham 05/11/1988 M-S daytime ev30mins. NESu R881105 147 M82 146 R45 Y E
RIB Stretford - Chorlton - Mcr - Cheetham - Moston - Heywood - Oldham 05/11/1988 no change listed: M-S daytime ev30mins. See also M82 R881105 147 M82 146 R45 Y p
RIB Stretford - Chorlton - Mcr - Moston - Oldham 05/06/1989 M-S daytime ev30mins. NESu R890605 147 M82 146 R45 Y E
RIB GMB CRO Oldham - Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill -city - Chorlton 11/06/1989 service curtailed at Chorlton and extended to Oldham from Hollinwood - no longer serves Woodhouses. Ev30mins by Ribble. Supported ESu hrly by GMB. Supported daily 0600 from Moston by Crosville 8178 147 146 y E
RIB GMB CRO Oldham - Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill -city - Chorlton 24/09/1989 addtl Su am jnys 0700 0800 8392 147 146 y E
BEE GMB Oldham - Hollinwood - Higher Blackley - Moston - Cheetham Hill -city - Chorlton 11/12/1989 Daytime BEE service curtailed to Mcr-Oldham ev20mins with connections to Chorlton on BEE 87. Supported ESu hrly GMB Chorlton - Hollinwood. Supported 0600 MS bu BEE. Commercial Su BEE 0600. 9020 147 146 y E
GMB BEE Hollinwood - Mcr - Chorlton 02/04/1990 New 149 replacing service 6 and partly replacing 57 and 147. Now supported ESu hrly by GMB plus daily 0600 BEE 9503 149 149 y
GMB Moston - Newton Heath - Cheetham Hill 17/08/1992 New supported hrly MS daytime service 12641 147 146 y E
GMB Moston - Newton Heath - Cheetham Hill 24/10/1992 addtl peak jnys 0635 0735 1635 1735 12641 147 146 y
GMB Moston - Newton Heath 22/03/1993 Curtailed. Timetable revised MF ev30mins 0930-1500 13381 147 146 y E
GMB Moston - Newton Heath - Failsworth - Hollinwood 01/06/1993 Times and route revised: 0905 hrly 1705 MS daytime 13579 147 146 y E
JPT NMGH - Cheetham Hill - Albert Sq 10/04/1995 New supported hrly service 0825-1725. Linked to 144 15584 144 147 145 y
JPT NMGH - Cheetham Hill - Albert Sq 20/05/1995 Service withdrawn, See extended 188 15799 188 188 Y
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 05/09/1995 New supported ESu hrly service replacing ESu 77 87 jnys 15920 147 148 147 y E
BBC 05/09/1995 Supported ESu 77 87 jnys replaced by BBC 147 15937 75 77 87 75 Y
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 05/02/1996 no change listed 16522 75 77 87 75 Y
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 02/09/1996 no change listed 16973 75 77 87 75 Y
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 16/02/1997 no change 17499 147 148 147 y E
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 17/02/1997 no change listed 17509 75 77 87 75 Y
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 02/06/1997 no change listed 17563 77 87 75 Y
BBC FM Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 20/07/1997 Minor timetable revision: supported E hrly 1823 - 2222 by FM; Supported Su daytime by BBC 17886 146 147 148 185 187 146 y E
BBC FM Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 02/02/1998 no change 18273 146 148 146 y E
BBC Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 01/09/1998 timetable changes: ESu service extended Picc- CH, All Su now supported 18728 75 77 87 75 Y
BBC FM Cheetham Hill - NMGH - Moston - Newton Heath - Stevenson Sq 01/09/1998 1198 reprint 19179 146 148 146 1198 reprint y
01/09/1998 100 reprint 20524 146 147 148 185 186 146 100 reprint y E
BBC Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 22/02/1999 All curtailed to Moston - Piccadilly 19430 75 77 87 75 Y
BBC Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 27/09/1999 no change listed 20071 75 77 75 Y
FM BBC Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 22/11/1999 Supported E hrly now by FM. Su daytime hrly by BBC. 20351 75 77 177 75 Y
FM BBC Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 26/03/2000 no change listed 20711 75 77 177 75 Y
FM BBC Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 21/04/2000 no change listed 20800 75 77 177 75 Y
BBC FM Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 25/06/2000 service withdrawn and replaced by 146 and 177 20975 146 148 146 y E
FM BBC Moston - Newton Heath - Piccadilly 25/06/2000 Supported ESu withdrawn and replaced by 177 jnys 20991 75 77 177 75 Y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 14/03/2005 Oxford Road Link: MF 0715 ev10mins 0945 ev15mins 1545 ev10mins 1815. Nssu. Supported by Univ NHS RNCM 24746 147 147 Y E
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 14/03/2005 full colour leaflet B050314 147 147 y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 20/02/2006 Route change via Hathersage Rd: addtl daytime - now ev10mins 0715 1815 25330 147 147 y E View timetable
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 20/02/2006 906 reprint 25642 147 147 906 reprint y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 20/02/2006 1007 reprint 26372 147 147 1007 reprint y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 20/02/2006 308 reprint 26615 147 147 308 reprint y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 20/02/2006 908 reprint 26989 147 147 908 reprint y View timetable
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 20/02/2006 full colour leaflet B060220 147 147 y
MAG Albert Sq - Univ - Brooks Bar - Chorlton - West Didsbury - Univ - Albert Sq 01/09/2008 New Magic Bus service - planned but implemented as 46 47: 46 47 renumbered as 146 147 diverted via Upper Chorlton Rd. Jnys from Chorlton Grn replaced by 86. All jnys nu MAG. Times changed: M-S daytime ev30mins. NESuPH. Linked 146 147 26847 146 147 46 Y E
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 06/09/2010 Divert via MRI Boulevard. Now 0717 ev10mins 1817 28073 147 147 View timetable
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 06/09/2010 1011 reprint 28615 147 147 1011 reprint Y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 01/01/2011 undated: MF 0715 ev10mins 1830; 1830 ev20mins to 2041 ?? route 147 147 147
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 23/04/2012 Addtl early E jnys: 1827 ev20mins 2027 12-0573 147 147 y p View timetable
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 23/04/2012 913 reprint 131677 147 147 913 reprint y
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 23/04/2012 114 reprint 14-0193 147 147 114 reprint y p View timetable
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 23/04/2012 515 reprint 15-0754 147 147 515 reprint y p View timetable
BUL Piccadilly Station – University - MRI 19/09/2016 Times changed with evening journeys withdrawn. 16-1147 147 147 y View timetable
BUL Manchester Royal Infirmary – Manchester Piccadilly Station 02/09/2018 Extended to West Didsbury direct via Rusholme and Fallowfield replacing bus 141. Times changed. All journeys will be run by Stagecoach. It's identical to the old Finglands 140, except the 140 was half-hourly. 18-1126 147 147 y p View timetable
SM Piccadilly Rail Station - West Didsbury 27/01/2019 Times changed 18-1810 147 147 Y View timetable
SM Piccadilly Rail Station - West Didsbury 28/04/2019 Times changed. 19-0450 147 147 y View timetable
SM Piccadilly Rail Station - West Didsbury 21/07/2019 Summer service MF changes until 31 August 19-SC-0019 147 summer y View timetable
SM Piccadilly-W Didsbury 01/09/2019 Extra entry: Times are revised
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 26/01/2020 TIMES CHANGED 19-SC-0520 147 147 246552 Y p View timetable
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 21/03/2020 services withdrawn no tt 147
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 23/03/2020 M-F ev10mins E ev10mins - Cancelled before operation 265079 147 147 Y
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 28/03/2020 147: No services 147
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 01/06/2020 147: ev30mins M-F daytime services 265354 147 147 Y
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 15/06/2020 M-F daytime ev30mins Not late E. 6mins later than 010620 266073 147 147 Y
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 30/08/2020 Times changed. M-F0535 ev20mis 0650 then "not more than ev10mins" M-F 0650-1930 20-SC-0320 147 147 266375 Y View timetable
SM Piccadilly-W Didsbury 29/11/2020 Extra entry: Times are revised
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 01/02/2021 M-F reduced frequency due to covid to ev20mins M-F. NSSuPH 21-SC-0018 147 147 266864 Y View timetable
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 08/03/2021 service reverts to at least ev10mins M-F daytime NSSuPH 21-SC-0184 147 147 266865 Y View timetable
MAG Piccadilly Station - Univ - Rushome - Fallowfield - East Didsbury 11/04/2021 Times changed 21-SC-0231 147 147 284086 Y View timetable
SM Ancoats - Rusholme - Fallowfield - West Didsbury 25/07/2021 Summer timetables on M-F from 25 July to 4 Sept 2021 21-SC-0458 147 Summer y View timetable
SM 29/08/2021 Times changed: service revert to pre-summer 25/7/21 21-SC-0562 147 y View timetable
SM Ancoats - Manchester City Centre - Rusholme - West Didsbury 24/07/2022 Summer timetables effective from 24 July to 3 Sept 2022 22-SC-0415 147 E View timetable
SM Ancoats - Rusholme - Fallowfield - West Didsbury 04/09/2022 revised to run ev 30 mins, with extra jnys on service 143 instead. 22-SC-0468 147 Y E View timetable
SM West Didsbury - Withington - Fallowfield - Ancoats 30/10/2022 M-F daytime frequency will reduce to ev 20 minutes (ALREADY EV 30 MINS FROM 4 Sept not implemented no tt

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