Heaton Park tram stop

Heaton Park is a tram stop at Heaton Park near 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
LocationPrestwich, Bury
England
Coordinates53.5304°N 2.2667°W / 53.5304; -2.2667
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
6 April 1992Conversion to Metrolink operation
Location
Heaton Park
Location within Manchester_Metrolink

Services

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

Connecting bus routes

Go North West's 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. Stotts Tours service 94 operates between Pilworth and nearby North Manchester General Hospital and Arriva service 484 runs from Prestwich village to Kersal, Agecroft, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles. Diamond also runs the 66 service that will be also going to 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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