Radcliffe is a
tram stop
A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it. Generally, tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, ...
in the town of
Radcliffe
Radcliffe or Radcliff may refer to:
Places
* Radcliffe Line, a border between India and Pakistan
United Kingdom
* Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town
** Radcliffe tram stop
* ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
, England. It is on the
Bury Line
The Bury Line is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink running from Manchester city centre to Bury in Greater Manchester. Originally a railway line, it was, along with the Altrincham Line, converted into a tram line during 1991–92, as pa ...
of
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
's light rail
Metrolink system.
History
It originally opened on 1 September 1879 as Radcliffe New railway station on the former
heavy rail line from
Manchester Victoria
Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was co ...
to
Bury
Bury may refer to:
*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
. It was named Radcliffe Central railway station to differentiate it from
Radcliffe Bridge railway station
Radcliffe Bridge railway station was a Railway Station in Radcliffe built on the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway line, between Bury and Clifton, both in Greater Manchester. It was opened on 25 September 1846, and was closed 7 July 19 ...
on the line from
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
to Bury via
Clifton which closed in 1966.
It was rebuilt in 1956 to the designs of the architect John Broome
Metrolink
The stop lies within Ticketing Zone 4. There is a walkway from the stop towards the town centre and Radcliffe Bus Station. A blue neon sign adorns the front of the station which reads ''"From the tower, falls the shadow"'', this was added in 2005. The station is located across from Radcliffe Leisure Centre, Spring Lane School, and a popular
National Cycle Network
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route which was a continuation of the railway line.
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
Radcliffe Metrolink station is served by
Diamond
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, ...
's 524 service, which runs frequently between Bury, Radcliffe and
Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
. It is also served by Vision bus's 513 service, which also runs between Bury, Radcliffe and Farnworth that runs near the station.
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Radcliffe is also served by
Radcliffe bus station.
Gallery
Image:Radcliffe Central railway station in 1988.jpg, Radcliffe Central railway station in 1988
Image:Radcliffe station - geograph.org.uk - 714986.jpg, Metrolink tram arrives at Radcliffe in 1992
Image:Evening Tram at Radcliffe Metrolink station.jpg, Metrolink M5000 arrives at Radcliffe in 2012
References
External links
Radcliffe Stop InformationRadcliffe area map
{{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations
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 to Bury line
Tram stops on the Bury to Ashton-under-Lyne line
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
John Broome railway stations