Bowker Vale tram stop

Bowker Vale
Metrolink
An M5000 departing Bowker Vale in 2010
Bowker Vale Location of Bowker Vale in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Bowker Vale and Blackley
Local authority	City of Manchester
Coordinates	53°31′30″N 2°15′00″W / 53.5249°N 2.2499°WCoordinates: 53°31′30″N 2°15′00″W / 53.5249°N 2.2499°W
Grid reference	SD835031
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	C
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Post-grouping company	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail
History
Opened	26 September 1938
Closed as rail station	17 August 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation	6 April 1992
Bury Line Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell Radcliffe River Irwell Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn M60 Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale River Irk Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham and Etihad Campus
UK Trams portal

Bowker Vale is a stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 6 April 1992 as part of Phase 1 of the system's expansion and is on the border between the Bury and Manchester, England.

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 and closed on 17 August 1991 for conversion to Metrolink.

History

Bowker Vale railway station in 1988

Bowker Vale railway station was opened in 1938 by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, to serve a growing inter-war residential area. 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 station forms part of Metrolink Ticketing Zone C. 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.^[1]

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 services 59 and 149 travel to Oldham. The 59 via Middleton before continuing to Rushcroft via Shaw, while 149 via Moston. First/JPT service 89 travels towards Manchester via Blackley and Harpurhey.

On the opposite side of Middleton Road from the station buses 59 and 149 travel towards Manchester, as does First/JPT service 88, with services 88 and 149 calling at North Manchester General Hospital and Crumpsall en route.^[2]

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. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Bowker Vale Stop Information
• Bowker Vale area map
• More photos of this station

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