Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
From personal experience the 141 operates (at present) permanently until as and when it is required. In theory the service SHOULD be running next term as people in their fourth year (Who would have started on the Didsbury Campus/Halls) will still be living in Student Houses in the South of Manchester (for cheaper rent), However whether it runs the term after is questionable as more students are living closer to campus than ever before such as around Upper Brook Street and Queens Park, but people who live in Fallowfield/Didsbury/Withington may also have placements at the Christie Hospital and thus are required to live 'locally'. Also Students that live between Platt Fields and Birley can opt to use the 53 service.

The thing about the 141 as well is that it doesn't just serve students travelling to and from University, it operates to get Health students to/from Manchester Royal Infirmary and Christie Hospital for placements. This includes the students that are paying for the highest rentable accommodation at Birley Fields, who wouldn't need to get the 141 to University being a two minute walk away, but would use the service Southbound.

Personally I'm not exactly sure how the service is subsidised/supported, whether that be the whole route or the section between Booth Street and Birley Campus (Similar to how UoM pay for unlisted duplicate 142's between their Union and Withington in one direction only). But stagecoach does however, seem to be the preferred operator to MMU however as you can purchase Stagecoach Bus passes with the University bursary scheme, but you cannot do so with First or System One.