Eccles Interchange Explained

Style:Manchester Metrolink
Eccles
Type:Metrolink station
Country:England
Coordinates:53.4831°N -2.3346°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Line:Eccles Line
Status:In operation
Zone:2
Opened:21 July 2000
Original:Manchester Metrolink
Platforms:1
Mapframe:yes
Map State:collapsed

Eccles Interchange is a transport hub in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of a bus station and a single-platform Metrolink light rail station, the latter of which is the terminus of the system's Eccles Line, and opened on 21 July 2000. The interchange is roughly 300m (1,000feet) away from Eccles railway station.[1]

History

The Eccles line for the Metrolink was approved in 1996, with the station being built next to on Regent Street in the town centre, next to existing bus stops in the town centre. The station was opened for service on 21 July 2000,[2] while the station was given the official opening, along with the Eccles line, in January 2001, when the Princess Royal visited the town centre.[3] The new bus station was built next to the existing tram stop and opened in 2001,[4] with additional stops and shelter added adjacent to the station in 2005.[5]

Bus services

The majority of services are run by Go North West with the remainder of services run by Arriva North West and Diamond Bus North West.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester, Pendleton, Brookhouse, Irlam, Cadishead, Seedley, Weaste, Salford Royal Hospital, Worsley and the Trafford Centre. Buses also run to Sale, Farnworth, Bolton, Swinton, Winton, Stockport and Warrington.

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Google Maps]
  2. Web site: Metrolink - History . Metrolink . 18 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090325191627/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf . 25 March 2009 . dmy.
  3. Web site: Manchester Metrolink - News 2001. Light Rail Transit Association. 18 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110701070513/http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/mlnn2001.html#jan.a. 1 July 2011. dead.
  4. Web site: Greater Manchester Transport Campaign - November 2007 issue. National Alliance Against Tolls. 18 July 2010.
  5. Web site: The £250,000 bus shelter. Manchester Evening News. 18 July 2010.