Heaton Park Metrolink station

Heaton Park
Metrolink
An Altrincham-bound tram arriving at Heaton Park
Heaton Park Location of Heaton Park in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Prestwich
Local authority	Bury
Coordinates	53°31′49″N 2°16′00″W / 53.5304°N 2.2667°W / 53.5304; -2.2667Coordinates: 53°31′49″N 2°16′00″W / 53.5304°N 2.2667°W / 53.5304; -2.2667
Grid reference	SD824038
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	B
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping company	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail
History
Opened	1879
Conversion to Metrolink operation	6 April 1992
Bury Line Bury Bolton Street Radcliffe Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham and Piccadilly
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Heaton Park Metrolink station is a stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. The station is part of Ticketing Zone B, and is located at the corner of Whittaker Lane and Bury Old Road, with an entrance to Heaton Park.

Services

Heaton Park 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 Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester and Altrincham, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Ashton-under-Lyne via Manchester Piccadilly or Altrincham, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Ashton-under-Lyne only with journeys to Altrincham requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.^[1]

Connecting bus routes

First Greater Manchester's frequent 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. Local daytime Maytree Travel bus service 495 operates between Prestwich village and the nearby rural village of Simister and First service 484 runs from Prestwich village to Kersal, Agecroft, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles.^[2]

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  Heaton Park railway station in 1988

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  Heaton Park Metrolink station on opening day in 1992

See also

Heaton Park

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heaton Park Metrolink station.

• Heaton Park Stop Information
• Heaton Park area map
• More photos of this station

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Bowker Vale towards Altrincham		Altrincham – Bury Line		Prestwich towards Bury
Bowker Vale towards Etihad Campus		Bury – Etihad Campus Line

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