Heaton Park Metrolink station

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

Bury Line

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

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.

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.

Heaton Park