Heaton Park tram stop

Heaton Park is a stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, part of Ticketing Zone B, and is at the corner of Whittaker Lane and Bury Old Road, with an entrance to Heaton Park. This Metrolink stop is some 800 metres (2,600 ft) from the Lakeside terminus of the Heaton Park Tramway, the heritage tramway within Heaton Park.

Heaton Park
Metrolink
Two M5000 trams at Heaton Park station in January 2017
Heaton Park
Location of Heaton Park in Greater Manchester
Location
PlacePrestwich
Local authorityBury
Coordinates53.5304°N 2.2667°W / 53.5304; -2.2667
Grid referenceSD824038
Platforms2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone3
Present statusIn operation
Operations
Original operatorLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping companyLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail
History
Opened1879
Conversion to Metrolink operation6 April 1992

Services

Services run every 12 minutes on two routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Altrincham
Altrincham – Bury Line
towards Bury
towards Piccadilly
Bury – Piccadilly Line

Connecting bus routes

Go North West's 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. Tyrers Coaches bus service 90 operates between Prestwich village and nearby Simister and Arriva service 484 runs from Prestwich village to Kersal, Agecroft, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles.

  • Heaton Park railway station in 1988
  • Heaton Park Metrolink station on opening day in 1992
  • An Altrincham-bound T-68 tram arriving at Heaton Park.
  • Heaton Park tram station in January 2017.

References
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