Heaton Park tram stop

30px Heaton Park
Metrolink
260px An Altrincham-bound tram arriving at Heaton Park
Heaton Park Location of Heaton Park in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Prestwich
Local authority	Bury
Coordinates
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 Radcliffe Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss x20px to Queens Road Depot Queens Road x20px to Rochdale Manchester Victoria  to East Didsbury and Piccadilly
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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

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

Connecting bus routes

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 First service 484 runs from Prestwich village to Kersal, Agecroft, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles.

• Heaton Park railway station in 1988.jpg

  Heaton Park railway station in 1988

• Heaton Park station - geograph.org.uk - 714513.jpg

  Heaton Park Metrolink station on opening day in 1992

See also

Heaton Park

External links

• Heaton Park Stop Information
• Heaton Park area map
• More photos of this station

Bury Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future  Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles L.C. Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt Woolfold to Rossendale Brandlesholme Road Halt Ramsbottom Woodhill Road Halt Summerseat Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Heywood Radcliffe Black Lane Wells Heaton Park tram stop at Major League Soccer (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Halt Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Heaton Park tram stop at Major League Soccer Ringley Road Heaton Park tram stop at Major League Soccer Molyneux Brow o' th' Barn Heaton Park tram stop at Major League Soccer to Salford Heaton Park tram stop at Major League Soccer Park Heaton Park tram stop at Major League Soccer to Manchester

Preceding station		15px Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Bowker Vale towards Piccadilly		Bury – Piccadilly Line Monday to Saturday peak only		Prestwich towards Bury
Bowker Vale towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury – Bury Line