Besses o' th' Barn Metrolink station

Besses o'th' Barn Metrolink station is a Manchester Metrolink tram station in Besses o' th' Barn, Greater Manchester, England on the former Manchester Victoria to Bury railway line.

Although the line was built in 1879 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, it was not until 1 February 1933 that the station was opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, to cater for a large new housing development in the area. In 1992 the station, which was on the national rail network, became a light rail station on the Metrolink network. The station is in the network's Ticketing Zone B. It is unique, as it is the only original station on the Bury-Manchester line to have one island platform.

Services

Besses o'th Barn is located on the Bury Line with trams towards Bury stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings. Trams also head towards Manchester and Altrincham, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Manchester Piccadilly or Altrincham, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Altrincham via Manchester Piccadilly^[1].

Connecting bus routes

First Manchester's High Frequency Yellow Line 135 service runs between Bury and Manchester and stops adjacent to the station as does First Manchester services 93 and 137 and First/Arriva service 138. Route 95, operated by Maytree Travel and Bluebird runs between Pendleton and Whitefield and calls next to Besses o' th' Barn United Reformed Church as does First Manchester service 98 between Manchester and Bury via Radcliffe^[2].

References

External links

• Besses o'th Barn Stop Information
• Besses o'th Barn area map