Misplaced Pages

Prestwich
Metrolink station
Prestwich Metrolink station in Jan 2017.
General information
Location	Prestwich, Bury England
Coordinates	53°32′00″N 2°16′55″W / 53.53329°N 2.28185°W / 53.53329; -2.28185
Grid reference	SD814041
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1 September 1879
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail
Key dates
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map Legend 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 This diagram: view talk edit
Location

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

History

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 Zone 3. 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
Heaton Parktowards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Besses o' th' Barntowards Bury
Heaton Parktowards Piccadilly		Piccadilly–Bury

Connecting bus routes

Arriva North West service 484 ran to Eccles until Late 2020 when it was replaced by Diamond North West service 66 which stops outside the station.

On Bury New Road, which is on the opposite side of the shopping centre, Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network) services 97 and 98 run between Bury and Manchester (97 via Unsworth, 98 via Whitefield and Radcliffe), along with Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network) service 95 between Bury and Salford, (Via Unsworth, Whitefield and Carr Clough) and Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network) service 90 between Simister and Sedgely Park (Via Carr Clough). Blackburn Bus Company run service X41 (Branded as Red Express) between Manchester and Blackburn via Accrington and Burnley Bus Company run service X43 (Branded as Witchway) between Manchester and Nelson via Rawtenstall and Burnley also stop on Bury New Road.

References

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

External links

• Prestwich Stop Information
• Prestwich area map
• A Youtube video of Class 504s at Prestwich, before conversion into Metrolink.
• "The Directory of Railway Stations", R.V.J.Butt, 1995, Patrick Stephens, Sparkford UK, ISBN 1-85260-508-1

v t e Lines around Bury
Legend
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

v t e Manchester Metrolink
Tram stops	Zone 1 Cornbrook Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Exchange Square Market Street New Islington Piccadilly Piccadilly Gardens Shudehill St Peter's Square Airport Line (2014) Baguley Barlow Moor Road Benchill Crossacres Manchester Airport Martinscroft Moor Road Northern Moor Peel Hall Robinswood Road Roundthorn Sale Water Park Shadowmoss Wythenshawe Town Centre Wythenshawe Park Altrincham Line (1992) Altrincham Brooklands Cornbrook Dane Road Navigation Road Old Trafford Sale Stretford Timperley Trafford Bar Bury Line (1992) Abraham Moss Besses o' th' Barn Bowker Vale Bury ( Bolton Street) Crumpsall Heaton Park ( Heaton Park Tramway) Prestwich Queens Road Radcliffe Victoria Whitefield East Manchester Line (2013) Ashton Moss Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Audenshaw Cemetery Road Clayton Hall Droylsden Edge Lane Etihad Campus Holt Town New Islington Velopark Eccles Line (1999-00) Anchorage Broadway Eccles Exchange Quay Harbour City Ladywell Langworthy MediaCityUK Pomona Salford Quays Weaste First City Crossing (1992) Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Market Street Shudehill St Peter's Square Oldham & Rochdale Line (2012-14) Central Park Derker Failsworth Freehold Hollinwood Kingsway Business Park Milnrow Monsall Newbold Newhey Newton Heath and Moston Oldham Central Oldham King Street Oldham Mumps Rochdale Railway Station Rochdale Town Centre Shaw and Crompton South Chadderton Westwood Piccadilly Spur (1992) Piccadilly Piccadilly Gardens Second City Crossing (2015-17) Exchange Square South Manchester Line (2011-13) Burton Road Chorlton Didsbury Village East Didsbury Firswood St Werburgh's Road West Didsbury Withington Trafford Park Line (2020) Barton Dock Road Imperial War Museum Parkway The Trafford Centre Village Wharfside
Operations	Operators Amey Keolis Transport for Greater Manchester Vehicles Current: M5000 Former: (T-68 T-68A)
History (Timeline)	Former operators GMML Altram (Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing, 3i) RATP Group Stagecoach Group Transferred lines Altrincham Line Bury Line Oldham Loop Line Closed stops High Street Mosley Street Woodlands Road Abandoned plans Drake Street Glossop line Hardy Farm Haveley Hope Valley line Hough End Oldham Werneth Picc-Vic tunnel Woodhouse Park
Proposed developments	Bury Line Elton Reservoir Sandhills Oldham & Rochdale Line Cop Road Stockport Line Gorsey Bank Heaton Mersey Kings Reach Stockport Interchange Trafford Park Line Port Salford Salford Reds Trafford Quays Wythenshawe Loop Davenport Green Manchester Airport High Speed (HS2) Newall Green Terminal 2 Wythenshawe Hospital
Transport for Greater Manchester UK light rail systems

• Tram stops in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
• Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992
• Tram stops on the Altrincham – Bury route
• Tram stops on the Bury – Piccadilly route
• Prestwich