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Bowker Vale
Metrolink station
Bowker Vale in January 2017
General information
Location	Bowker Vale and Blackley, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53°31′30″N 2°15′00″W / 53.5249°N 2.2499°W / 53.5249; -2.2499
Grid reference	SD835031
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2/3
History
Opened	26 September 1938 (1938-09-26)
Original company	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail
Key dates
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map Legend 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road to Monsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria [REDACTED] to Exchange Square to Shudehill This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Bowker Vale is a tram stop in the suburban areas of Bowker Vale and Blackley, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

History

The station is adjacent to the site of the original Bowker Vale railway station, opened on 26 September 1938 by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The architecture of the station buildings and footbridge is a striking example of 1930s concrete design, perhaps inspired by the developments on the London Underground at the time. The tram stop opened to passengers on 6 April 1992 as part of Phase 1 of the system's expansion and is on the border between the Metropolitan Borough of Bury and Manchester, England.

The station forms part of Metrolink Ticketing Zone 2. The bottom of the embankment to the north-east of the station forms part of the boundary between the City of Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of Bury between the districts of Prestwich, Blackley and Crumpsall. The station is situated between Middleton Road and Windsor Road, three passageways provide public access to the station. Ticket machines are located on each platform. There is a public telephone located on the Bury-bound platform.

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

From the station-adjacent bus stop, First Greater Manchester service 59 travel to Oldham. The 59 via Middleton before continuing to Rushcroft via Shaw. Go North West service 41 travels towards Sale via Manchester and MRI. Stagecoach Greater Manchester service 41 also run Middleton in weekday evenings.

On the opposite side of Middleton Road from the station bus 59 travel towards Manchester, as does Stagecoach service 41, with services 41 calling at North Manchester General Hospital and Crumpsall en route.

Under the introduction of the franchised Bee Network, most services were revised with the majority operated by Stagecoach Manchester. Diamond Bus North West operate several school routes.

References

1. "Metrolink Stop Information - Bowker Vale". Metrolink. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
2. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Bowker Vale Stop Information
• Bowker Vale area map

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City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton

v t e Manchester Metrolink
Tram stops	Zone 1 Cornbrook Deansgate-Castlefield ([REDACTED] Deansgate) Exchange Square Market Street New Islington Piccadilly [REDACTED] Piccadilly Gardens Shudehill St Peter's Square Airport Line (2014) Baguley Barlow Moor Road Benchill Crossacres Manchester Airport [REDACTED] Martinscroft Moor Road Northern Moor Peel Hall Robinswood Road Roundthorn Sale Water Park Shadowmoss Wythenshawe Town Centre Wythenshawe Park Altrincham Line (1992) Altrincham [REDACTED] Brooklands Cornbrook Dane Road Navigation Road [REDACTED] Old Trafford Sale Stretford Timperley Trafford Bar Bury Line (1992) Abraham Moss Besses o' th' Barn Bowker Vale Bury ( Bolton Street) Crumpsall Heaton Park ( Heaton Park Tramway) Prestwich Queens Road Radcliffe Victoria [REDACTED] Whitefield East Manchester Line (2013) Ashton Moss Ashton-under-Lyne [REDACTED] Ashton West Audenshaw Cemetery Road Clayton Hall Droylsden Edge Lane Etihad Campus Holt Town New Islington Velopark Eccles Line (1999-00) Anchorage Broadway Eccles [REDACTED] Exchange Quay Harbour City Ladywell Langworthy MediaCityUK Pomona Salford Quays Weaste First City Crossing (1992) Deansgate-Castlefield ([REDACTED] Deansgate) Market Street Shudehill St Peter's Square Oldham & Rochdale Line (2012-14) Central Park Derker Failsworth Freehold Hollinwood Kingsway Business Park Milnrow Monsall Newbold Newhey Newton Heath and Moston Oldham Central Oldham King Street Oldham Mumps Rochdale Railway Station [REDACTED] Rochdale Town Centre Shaw and Crompton South Chadderton Westwood Piccadilly Spur (1992) Piccadilly [REDACTED] Piccadilly Gardens Second City Crossing (2015-17) Exchange Square South Manchester Line (2011-13) Burton Road Chorlton Didsbury Village East Didsbury [REDACTED] Firswood St Werburgh's Road West Didsbury Withington Trafford Park Line (2020) Barton Dock Road Imperial War Museum Parkway The Trafford Centre Village Wharfside
Operations	Operators Amey Keolis Transport for Greater Manchester Vehicles Current: M5000 Former: (T-68 T-68A)
History (Timeline)	Former operators GMML Altram (Ansaldo Transporti, Serco, Laing, 3i) RATP Group Stagecoach Group Transferred lines Altrincham Line Bury Line Oldham Loop Line Closed stops High Street Mosley Street Woodlands Road Abandoned plans Drake Street Glossop line Hardy Farm Haveley Hope Valley line Hough End Oldham Werneth Picc-Vic tunnel Woodhouse Park
Proposed developments	Bury Line Elton Reservoir Sandhills Oldham & Rochdale Line Cop Road Stockport Line Gorsey Bank Heaton Mersey Kings Reach Stockport Interchange Trafford Park Line Port Salford Salford Reds Trafford Quays Wythenshawe Loop Davenport Green Manchester Airport High Speed (HS2) Newall Green Terminal 2 Wythenshawe Hospital
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• Former London, Midland and Scottish Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1938
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992
• Tram stops on the Altrincham – Bury route
• Tram stops on the Bury – Piccadilly route