Prestwich tram stop

Prestwich tram stop is a stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

Prestwich
Metrolink
Prestwich Metrolink station in Jan 2017.
Prestwich
Location of Prestwich in Greater Manchester
Location
PlacePrestwich
Local authorityBury
Coordinates53.5334°N 2.2823°W / 53.5334; -2.2823
Grid referenceSD814041
Platforms2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone3
Present statusIn operation
Operations
Original operatorLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping companyLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail
History
Opened1 September 1879
Closed as rail station17 August 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation6 April 1992

The stop was originally Prestwich railway station, which was along the Manchester to Bury heavy rail line, completed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, in 1879 and opened on 1 September. The line was converted from steam to electric power as from 17 April 1916, using the third rail system. The station closed on 17 August 1991 to allow conversion of the route to the Metrolink system using overhead power lines, reopening on 6 April 1992.

The station forms part of Ticketing Zone B. It is located off Rectory Lane a walkway connects the station to the Longfield Suite Precinct and Bury New Road (A56).

Services

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

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Altrincham
Altrincham – Bury Line
towards Bury
towards Piccadilly
Bury – Piccadilly Line

Connecting bus routes

Arriva North West service 484 runs to Eccles and Diamond North West service 66 to the nearby Tesco stops outside the station.

On Bury New Road, which is on the opposite side of the shopping centre, Go North West services 92, 93 and 98 run between Bury and Manchester (92 via Unsworth, Hollins and Pilsworth, 93 via Unsworth and 98 via Whitefield and Radcliffe), along with Go North West's 95 service between Bury and Salford. Blackburn Bus Company service X41 between Manchester and Blackburn via Accrington and Burnley Bus Company service X43 between Manchester and Nelson via Rawtenstall and Burnley also stop on Bury New Road.[1]

References
  1. "Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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