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Eccles
Metrolink station
The Metrolink station at Eccles Interchange in November 2018.
General information
LocationEccles, City of Salford
England
Coordinates53°28′59″N 2°20′04″W / 53.48307°N 2.33456°W / 53.48307; -2.33456
Grid referenceSJ779985
Line(s)Eccles Line
Platforms1
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone2
History
Opened21 July 2000
Original companyManchester Metrolink
Route map
Legend
to Deansgate-Castlefield
0:19 Cornbrook
to Trafford Bar
Bridgewater Canal
0:17 Pomona
to Wharfside
Manchester Ship Canal
0:15 Exchange Quay
0:13 Salford Quays
0:11 Anchorage
0:09 Harbour City
MediaCityUK http://cycling.tfgm.com/Pages/join-a-hub.aspx bridge to Imperial War Museum Right arrow
0:08 Broadway
0:06 Langworthy
0:04 Weaste
0:01 Ladywell Parking
0:00 Eccles (National Rail Eccles)
This diagram:
Location

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 300 metres (330 yd) away from Eccles railway station.

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, while the station was given the official opening, along with the Eccles line, in January 2001, when the Princess Royal visited the town centre. The new bus station was built next to the existing tram stop and opened in 2001, with additional stops and shelter added adjacent to the station in 2005.

Metrolink services

Railway Lines in Salford
Legend
Past, present and future
to Wigan Wallgate   to Bolton Great Moor Street
to Wigan North Western   Little Hulton
Ellenbrook
Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level
to Liverpool Lime Street Moorside to Bolton
Barton Moss Worsley Swinton Dixon Fold
Patricroft   Monton Green Pendlebury
to Bury
Irlams-o'-th'-Height
Eccles Eccles   Clifton Junction
Ladywell   Agecroft Bridge
Weaste Weaste Brindle Heath Jct Agecroft Jct
Langworthy Seedley Pendleton Pendleton Bridge
Broadway Cross Lane
MediaCityUK
Harbour City   Salford Crescent
Anchorage Salford Docks
Salford Quays Windsor Link
Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane   Oldfield Road
Metrolink
to Manchester
Ordsall Chord Salford Central
to
Manchester
Deansgate
 to
Manchester
Victoria
Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
Terminus Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Ladywelltowards Ashton-under-Lyne
Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)

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.

References

  1. Google Maps distance measurement
  2. "Metrolink - History" (PDF). Metrolink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  3. "Manchester Metrolink - News 2001". Light Rail Transit Association. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  4. "Greater Manchester Transport Campaign - November 2007 issue" (PDF). National Alliance Against Tolls. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  5. "The £250,000 bus shelter". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 July 2010.

External links

Bus stations in Greater Manchester
Bus stations
Manchester Metrolink
Tram stops
Zone 1
Airport Line (2014)
Altrincham Line (1992)
Bury Line (1992)
East Manchester Line (2013)
Eccles Line (1999-00)
First City Crossing (1992)
Oldham & Rochdale Line (2012-14)
Piccadilly Spur (1992)
Second City Crossing (2015-17)
South Manchester Line (2011-13)
Trafford Park Line (2020)
A Metrolink tram

Metrolink network diagram
Operations
Operators
Vehicles
History
(Timeline)
Former operators
Transferred lines
Closed stops
Abandoned plans
Proposed
developments
Bury Line
Oldham & Rochdale Line
Stockport Line
Trafford Park Line
Wythenshawe Loop


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