Heaton Park tram stop

Heaton Park
Metrolink
Two M5000 trams at Heaton Park station in January 2017
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 East Lancashire Railway River Irwell Radcliffe River Irwell Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale River Irk Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham and Piccadilly
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Heaton Park 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

Services mostly run every 12 minutes on 2 routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

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 Arriva service 484 runs from Prestwich village to Kersal, Agecroft, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles.^[1]

Gallery

• 
  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.

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

Bury Lines
Past, Present and Future  Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles L.C. Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Heywood Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Halt Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Bowker Vale towards Altrincham		Altrincham – Bury Line		Prestwich towards Bury
Bowker Vale towards Piccadilly		Bury – Piccadilly Line