Heaton Park tram stop

Heaton Park is a tram stop at Heaton Park in the town of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is part of Ticketing Zone 3, 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 station
Two M5000 trams at Heaton Park station in January 2017
General information
LocationPrestwich, Bury
England
Coordinates53.53049°N 2.26716°W / 53.53049; -2.26716
Grid referenceSD824038
Line(s)Bury Line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone3
History
Opened1879
Original companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail
Key dates
6 April 1992Conversion to Metrolink operation
Location

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
Bowker Vale
towards Altrincham
Altrincham–Bury Prestwich
towards Bury
Bowker Vale
towards Piccadilly
Bury–Piccadilly

Connecting bus routes

Go North West's 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. Tyrers Coaches run the 94 service between Bury and North Manchester General Hospital via Pilsworth Asda and Polefield. Arriva service 484 ran from Prestwich village to Kersal, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles, Until late 2020. Diamond also runs the 66 service that runs to Eccles from Prestwich Hospital.

References

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