Besses o' th' Barn tram stop

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Besses o' th' Barn is a stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in the Besses o' th' Barn area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England.

Although the line was built in 1879 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, it was not until 1 February 1933 that Besses o' th' Barn railway station was opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, to cater for a large new housing development in the area. In 1992 the station, which was on the national rail network, became a stop on the Metrolink network. The station is in the network's Ticketing Zone B. It is unique, as it is the only original station on the Bury-Manchester line to have one island platform.

The original Totem Signs were the one of two to include lower case lettering, the other being London Road (Guildford).^[1]^[2]

Services

Services mostly run every 12 minutes on 2 routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

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Connecting bus routes

First Greater Manchester's frequent 135 service runs between Bury and Manchester and stops adjacent to the station as does First services 92 and 93, which runs via Unsworth and Prestwich, as well as the Route 97 which runs between Bury and Manchester via Unsworth. Route 95, operated by First runs between Pendleton and Whitefield and calls next to Besses United Reformed Church as does the Route 98, operated by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester which runs between Bury and Manchester via Radcliffe and Prestwich ^[3]

Gallery

Besses o'th' Barn railway station in 1966
T-68 tram leaving Besses o'th' Barn in 2009

References

^ "Totem BR(S) FF Light Green LONDON ROAD GUILDFORD - Totem Signs". GW Railwayana Auctions. November 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "Totem BR(M) FF BESSES O' TH' BARN From The Former - Totem Signs". GW Railwayana Auctions. November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "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

Lines around Bury

Legend

Past, present and future

[1] "Totem BR(S) FF Light Green LONDON ROAD GUILDFORD - Totem Signs". GW Railwayana Auctions. November 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[2] "Totem BR(M) FF BESSES O' TH' BARN From The Former - Totem Signs". GW Railwayana Auctions. November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[3] "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

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