Eccles Interchange

 Eccles
Metrolink

The Metrolink element of Eccles Interchange, in 2010
Eccles
Location of Eccles in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Eccles
Local authority City of Salford
Coordinates 53°28′59″N 2°20′05″W / 53.4830°N 2.3348°WCoordinates: 53°28′59″N 2°20′05″W / 53.4830°N 2.3348°W
Grid reference SJ779985
Platforms 1
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone H
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened 21 July 2000
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Eccles Interchange is a transport hub in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of a bus station, and a single-platform Metrolink light rail station, the latter of which is the terminus of the system's Eccles Line. It opened on 21 July 2000. Eccles railway station is 200 yards (180 m) away, on Church Street.

History

The Eccles line for the Metrolink was approved in 1996, with the station being built next to on Regent Street in the town centre, next to existing bus stops in the town centre. The station was opened for service on 21 July 2000,[1] while the station was given the official opening, along with the Eccles line, in January 2001, when HRH The Princess Royal visited the town centre.[2] The new bus station was built next to the existing tram stop and opened in 2001,[3] with additional stops and shelter added adjacent to the station in 2005.[4]

Metrolink Services

Eccles is located on the Eccles Line with trams towards Manchester Piccadilly stopping every 12 minutes during the day Monday-Saturday. Trams run every 12 minutes Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings to Manchester Piccadilly, which calls at MediaCityUK.[5] Connections are available at Cornbrook for services to Altrincham, Bury, Droylsden, Manchester Victoria, Oldham Mumps, Shaw and Crompton and East Didsbury via Chorlton.

Bus Services

The majority of services are run by First Greater Manchester with the remainder of services run by Arriva North West and Stagecoach Manchester.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester, Pendleton, Brookhouse, Worsley and the Trafford Centre. Buses also run to Altrincham, Bolton, Stockport and Warrington, with evening and Sunday journeys running to Wigan.

References

  1. ↑ "Metrolink - History" (PDF). Metrolink. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Manchester Metrolink - News 2001". Light Rail Transit Association. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Greater Manchester Transport Campaign - November 2007 issue" (PDF). National Alliance Against Tolls. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "The £250,000 bus shelter". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Metrolink - Tram Times - Eccles". Metrolink. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

External links

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
TerminusEccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line

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Moorside |to Bolton
Barton Moss | Worsley
Swinton | Dixon Fold
Patricroft | Monton Green
Pendlebury |to Bury

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Eccles | Eccles
Clifton Junction
Ladywell
Agecroft Bridge
Weaste | Weaste
Brindle Heath Jct | Agecroft Jct
Langworthy | Seedley
Pendleton Bridge
Broadway
Cross Lane | Pendleton
MediaCityUK

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Salford Docks
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Ordsall Lane | Oldfield Road
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Ordsall Chord(proposed)
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