More than 50 bus services will be disrupted in the city centre from Monday, January 4, as Piccadilly Gardens bus station is shut for a month.

The closure will allow four weeks of resurfacing work on Portland Street between New York Street and Aytoun Street.

The scheme is to create a bus, bike and taxi-only stretch of Portland Street from Minshull Street to Aytoun Street.

All Piccadilly Gardens bus stops will be shut for four weeks, followed by the complete closure of Portland Street for five weeks.

Metrolink services will continue to run normally and extra TfGM staff will be on hand to help bus passengers whose service normally stops at Piccadilly Gardens find alternative stops.

Once Portland Street reopens, general traffic will not be able to use Portland Street between Minshull Street and Aytoun Street. Drivers will still be able to use Minshull Street and Aytoun Street as normal.

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The bus station closures mean many services will temporarily finish just to the north or south of the city centre.

The ‘ER’ stop on Newton Street, at its junction with Back Piccadilly, close to The Roadhouse, will be used for the 219 to Ashton and Stalybridge, the 220 to Stalybridge and the 221 to Dukinfield.

The 131 service to Boarshaw will go from the ‘CB’ stop on Church Street, close to the Tib Street car park and Afflecks Palace.

Bus stop ‘R’ opposite the Portland Hotel on Portland Street, alongside the Piccadilly Gardens Travelshop, will be used for the 42FM service to North Manchester General Hospital.

The ‘EV’ stop on Chorlton Street, next to the coach station, will be used for services to Chorlton, Southern Cemetery, Sale, Wythenshawe, as well as the 15 to Flixton and the 263 to Altrincham and the 105 to Manchester Airport.

The ‘CU’ stop on Portland Street, outside the Manchester One tower, will be used for services to Leigh, Wigan, Bolton, Farnworth and Eccles. The 84 to Reddish, the 250 and the 291 to the Trafford Centre, the 255 to Partington and the 256 to Flixton, 86 to Altrincham and the 142 and 143 services to Didsbury will also stop at Portland Street.

The ‘TA’ stop on Sackville Street will be used for all south-bound 41 and 42 services, along with the 43 and 44 Manchester Airport services, the 63 to Brookhouse the X41 to Altrincham and the 33 to Worsley and Wigan.

The 18 service to the Manchester Royal Infirmary will stop and start at the ‘CU’ stop at the Deansgate end of Portland Street, close to the Palace Hotel.

Full list of affected services

12 Leigh - Portland Street, CU

15 Flixton - Chorlton Street, EV

18 Langley - Piccadilly Gardens, R

18 MRI - Whitworth Street, SY

25 Leigh - Portland Street, CU

26 Leigh - Portland Street, CU

32 Wigan - Portland Street, CU

33 Worsley/Wigan - Sackville Street, TA

34 Leigh/Bryn - Portland Street, CU

36 Bolton - Portland Street, CU

37 Bolton - Portland Street, CU

38 Farnworth - Portland Street, CU

41 Eccles - Portland Street, CU

41 Sale/Altrincham - Sackville Street, TA

42SC Stockport/E Didsbury - Sackville Street, TA

42FM East Didsbury - Sackville Street, TA

42FM NMGH - Piccadilly Gardens, R

42A Reddish - Sackville Street, TA

43 Airport - Sackville Street, TA

44 Airport - Sackville Street, TA

63 Brookhouse - Sackville Street, TA

84 Reddish - Portland Street, CU

85 Chorlton - Chorlton Street, EV

86 Chorlton - Chorlton Street, EV

99 Sale - Chorlton Street, EV

101 Wythenshawe - Chorlton Street, EV

104 Wythenshawe - Chorlton Street, EV

105 Airport - Chorlton Street, EV

109 Wythenshawe Hosp - Chorlton Street, EV

111 Southern Cemetery - Chorlton Street, EV

130 Macclesfield - Chorlton Street, EV

131 Boarshaw - Church Street, CB

142 East Didsbury - Sackville Street, TA

143 West Didsbury - Sackville Street, TA

219 Ashton/Stalybridge - Newton Street, ER

220 Stalybridge - Newton Street, ER

221 Dukinfield - Newton Street, ER

250 Trafford Centre - Portland Street, CU

255 Partington - Portland Street, CU

256 Flixton - Portland Street, CU

263 Altrincham - Chorlton Street, EV

291 Trafford Centre - Portland Street, CU

X34 Leigh/Bryn - Portland Street, CU

X41 Altrincham - Sackville Street, TA

X50 Trafford Centre - Portland Street, CU

X57 Woodford - Sackville Street, TA

X58 Flixton - Portland Street, CU

8 Bolton - Portland Street, CU

39 Leigh - Portland Street, CU

42 East Didsbury Portland Street CU

43 Airport Portland Street CU

86 Sale/Altrincham Portland Street CU

142 East Didsbury Portland Street CU

143 West Didsbury Portland Street CU

219 Stalybridge Portland Street CU