Eccles Interchange

Eccles
Metrolink
The Metrolink element of Eccles Interchange, in 2010
Eccles Location of Eccles in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Eccles
Local authority	City of Salford
Coordinates	53°28′59″N 2°20′05″W / 53.4830°N 2.3348°WCoordinates: 53°28′59″N 2°20′05″W / 53.4830°N 2.3348°W
Grid reference	SJ779985
Platforms	1
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	H
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened	21 July 2000
Eccles Line to Piccadilly and Ashton-under-Lyne Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook to Altrincham, East Didsbury and Manchester Airport Bridgewater Canal Pomona to Trafford Centre Manchester Ship Canal Exchange Quay Salford Quays Anchorage Harbour City MediaCityUK Broadway Langworthy Weaste Ladywell Eccles
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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. It opened on 21 July 2000. It is roughly 310 metres (340 yd) away from Eccles railway station.^[1]

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,^[2] while the station was given the official opening, along with the Eccles line, in January 2001, when HRH The Princess Royal visited the town centre.^[3] The new bus station was built next to the existing tram stop and opened in 2001,^[4] with additional stops and shelter added adjacent to the station in 2005.^[5]

Metrolink services

Service pattern

12 minute service to Ashton-under-Lyne (via MediaCityUK at offpeak times).

Bus services

The majority of services are run by First Greater Manchester with the remainder of services run by Arriva North West, Manchester Community Transport, Diamond Bus North West and Stagecoach Manchester.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester, Pendleton, Brookhouse, Irlam, Cadishead, Seedley, Weaste, Hope Hospital/Salford Royal Hospital, Worsley and the Trafford Centre. Buses also run to Sale, Farnworth, Bolton, Swinton, Winton, Stockport and Warrington, with evening and Sunday journeys running to Wigan.

References

1. Google Maps distance measurement
2. "Metrolink - History" (PDF). Metrolink. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
3. "Manchester Metrolink - News 2001". Light Rail Transit Association. 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

• Eccles Stop Information (Metrolink)
• Eccles area map (Metrolink)
• More photos of the Metrolink station

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