Heaton Park tram stop

Heaton Park
Metrolink station
Two M5000 trams at Heaton Park station in January 2017
General information
Location	Prestwich, Bury England
Coordinates	53.53049°N 2.26716°W / 53.53049; -2.26716
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
Key dates
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road to Monsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria  to Exchange Square to Shudehill
Location

Heaton Park is a tram stop at Heaton Park in 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 (peak only)		Prestwich towards Bury
Bowker Vale towards Piccadilly		Piccadilly–Bury

Connecting bus routes

Go North West's 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. Tyrers Coaches 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.

External links

• Heaton Park Stop Information
• Heaton Park area map

Lines around Bury
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing 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 Rochdale Lines Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road 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