Whitefield tram stop
# Whitefield tram stop

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

## History

Formerly Whitefield railway station on 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 zones 3 and 4. 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, 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.

| Preceding station | Manchester Metrolink | Manchester Metrolink | Manchester Metrolink | Following station |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Besses o' th' Barntowards Altrincham | | Altrincham–Bury | | Radcliffetowards Bury |
| Besses o' th' Barntowards Piccadilly | | Bury–Piccadilly | | Radcliffetowards Bury |

## Connecting bus routes

Whitefield is well served by buses, with some services stopping outside the station. Go North West'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. Go North West also run Monday-Saturday services on the 95 which runs between Bury and Salford via Unsworth, Prestwich and Carr Clough. Arriva used to run the 484 bus route terminating on Church Lane and ran to Prestwich and through to Eccles via Swinton.

## Gallery

* Whitefield railway station in 1988
* A T-68 stops at Whitefield tram stop in 2008.
