In a letter, Burnage councillors described the shake-up as the ‘final nail in the coffin’ for those living in an area with one of the highest elderly populations - and some of the most deprived areas - in Manchester.
Currently the 171 bus route runs from Newton Heath to Withington Hospital via stops in Gorton, Burnage, Levenshulme and West Didsbury.
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