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Heaton Park 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, ...
at
Heaton Park Heaton Park is a public park in Manchester, England, covering an area of over . The park includes the grounds of a Grade I listed, neoclassical 18th century country house, Heaton Hall. The hall, remodelled by James Wyatt in 1772, is now only ...
in the town of Prestwich,
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, England. It is on the
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of
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's light rail Metrolink system. It is part of Ticketing Zone 3, and is at the corner of Whittaker Lane and Bury Old Road, with an entrance to
Heaton Park Heaton Park is a public park in Manchester, England, covering an area of over . The park includes the grounds of a Grade I listed, neoclassical 18th century country house, Heaton Hall. The hall, remodelled by James Wyatt in 1772, is now only ...
. This Metrolink stop is some from the Lakeside terminus of the
Heaton Park Tramway The Heaton Park Tramway is a heritage tramway that operates within Heaton Park, a large municipal park in the English city of Manchester. It is operated by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, a registered charity. In normal times, the tram ...
, the heritage tramway within Heaton Park.


Services

Services run every 12 minutes on two routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.


Connecting bus routes

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's 135 service calls outside the station towards
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and
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 ...
. Tyrers Coaches run the 94 service between Bury and North Manchester General Hospital via Pilsworth
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and Polefield. Arriva service 484 ran from Prestwich village to Kersal, Pendlebury, Swinton,
Monton Monton is a suburb of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford. Geography and administration Historically in Lancashire, Monton was administered by the municipal borough of Eccles until its abolition ...
and Eccles, Until late 2020.
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also runs the 66 service that runs to Eccles from Prestwich Hospital.


Gallery

Image:Heaton Park railway station in 1988.jpg, Heaton Park railway station in 1988 Image:Heaton Park station - geograph.org.uk - 714513.jpg, Heaton Park Metrolink station on opening day in 1992 Image:Heaton Park Station.jpg, An
Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...
-bound T-68 tram arriving at Heaton Park. Image:Heaton Park tram station.jpg, Heaton Park tram station in January 2017.


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External links


Heaton Park Stop InformationHeaton Park 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 Prestwich