Whitefield tram stop

Whitefield
Whitefield
Metrolink station
	Whitefield tram stop in 2017.
General information
Location	Whitefield, Bury; England
Coordinates	53.55117°N 2.29510°W
Grid reference	SD805060
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3/4
History
Opened	1 September 1879
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map
Route map
Location

Whitefield tram stop is in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

History

Formerly Whitefield railway station on the Manchester Victoria to Bury heavy rail line, the station was converted and opened for Metrolink use on 6 April 1992. It lies in ticketing zones 3 and 4. Extensive park and ride facilities were built in 2005 along with a new terminal for the old bus interchange. The area around the station was redeveloped, and is centred on a new Morrisons supermarket.

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
Besses o' th' Barn towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury		Radcliffe towards Bury
Besses o' th' Barn towards Piccadilly		Bury–Piccadilly		Radcliffe towards Bury

Connecting bus routes

Whitefield is well served by buses, with some services stopping outside the station. Go North West's 98 and 135 services both stop on nearby Bury New Road and run between Bury and Manchester with the 98 running via Radcliffe and Prestwich and the 135 service, which runs frequently via Heaton Park and Cheetham Hill. Go North West also run Monday-Saturday services on the 95 which runs between Bury and Salford via Unsworth, Prestwich and Carr Clough. Arriva used to run the 484 bus route terminating on Church Lane and ran to Prestwich and through to Eccles via Swinton.[1]

Gallery

Whitefield railway station in 1988
A T-68 stops at Whitefield tram stop in 2008.

References

"Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

Lines around Bury

Past, present and future

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[1] "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.