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Eccles
Eccles
Metrolink station
	The Metrolink station at Eccles Interchange in November 2018.
General information
Location	Eccles, City of Salford; England
Coordinates	53°28′59″N 2°20′04″W / 53.48307°N 2.33456°W
Grid reference	SJ779985
Line(s)	Eccles Line
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	21 July 2000
Original company	Manchester Metrolink
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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.^[1]

History edit

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 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 edit

Railway Lines in Salford

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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

Monton Green

to Bury

Irlams-o'-th'-Height

Eccles

Brindle Heath Jct

Agecroft Jct

Seedley

Harbour City

Salford Crescent

Anchorage

Ordsall Lane

to Manchester

Ordsall Chord

Salford Central

to

Manchester

Deansgate

to

Manchester

Victoria

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Terminus		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Ladywell towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Terminus		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)		Ladywell towards Ashton-under-Lyne

Bus services edit

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 edit

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