Whitefield tram stop
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![]() Whitefield tram stop in 2008
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Location of Whitefield in Greater Manchester
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Place | Whitefield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Local authority | Bury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Metrolink Zone | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Present status | In operation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original operator | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-grouping company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post-grouping company | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1 September 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed as rail station | 17 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion to Metrolink operation | 6 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UK Trams portal |
Whitefield is a tram stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in Whitefield, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England.
Formerly Whitefield railway station located along 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 Zone A. 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,[when?] 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.
Connecting bus routes
Whitefield is well served by buses, with some services stopping outside the station. First Greater Manchester'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. Maytree Travel Monday-Saturday service 95 runs between Bury and Pendleton via Radcliffe, and Prestwich, while First's Sunday service to Pendleton starts from Whitefield, outside the tram stop. First service 93 serves Whitefield Interchange with buses running to Bury via Unsworth and Manchester via Prestwich. Maytree's 513 service stops nearby on Church Lane and runs to Bury via Radcliffe and to Bolton via Farnworth.[1]
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towards Piccadilly
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Bury – Piccadilly Line
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towards Bury
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towards East Didsbury
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towards Bury
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towards Etihad Campus
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Bury – Etihad Campus Line |
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- Tram stops in Bury Borough
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- Railway stations opened in 1879
- Railway stations closed in 1991
- Railway stations opened in 1992
- Tram stops on the Altrincham to Bury line
- Tram stops on the Bury to Ashton-under-Lyne line