Whitefield tram stop

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Whitefield is a tram stop and Park and ride site on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in Whitefield, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England.

Formerly Whitefield railway station located along the Manchester Victoria to Bury heavy rail line, the station was converted and opened for Metrolink use on 6 April 1992. It lies in ticketing Zone A. Extensive park and ride facilities were built in 2005 along with a new terminal for the old bus interchange. The area around the station was redeveloped,^[when?] and is centred on a new Morrisons supermarket.

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

Whitefield is well served by buses, with some services stopping outside the station. Go North West's 98 and 135 services both stop on nearby Bury New Road and run between Bury and Manchester with the 98 running via Radcliffe and Prestwich and the 135 service, which runs frequently via Heaton Park and Cheetham Hill. Go North West also run Monday-Saturday services on the 95 which runs between Bury and Salford via Unsworth, Prestwich and Corr Clough. Arriva's 484 service stops nearby on Church Lane and runs to Prestwich and to Eccles via Swinton.^[1]