Heaton Park tram stop

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Heaton Park
Heaton Park
Metrolink station
	Two M5000 trams at Heaton Park station in January 2017
Location	Prestwich, Bury; England
Coordinates	53°31′49″N 2°16′00″W / 53.5304°N 2.2667°WCoordinates: 53°31′49″N 2°16′00″W / 53.5304°N 2.2667°W
Grid reference	SD824038
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1879
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
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	Heaton Park Location within Manchester_Metrolink

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.

Services[]

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

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

Connecting bus routes[]

Go North West's 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. run the 94 service between Bury and North Manchester General Hospital via Pilsworth Asda and Polefield. Arriva service 484 ran from Prestwich village to Kersal,Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles, Until late 2020. Diamond also runs the 66 service that runs to Eccles from Prestwich Hospital.

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.

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Lines around Bury

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