Bury Interchange

Bury Interchange is a transport hub in the town of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Opened in 1980, it is the northern terminus of the Manchester Metrolink's Bury Line, which prior to 1992 was a heavy-rail line. It also incorporates a bus station.

Bury
Metrolink station
An M5000 terminating at Bury Interchange in January 2017.
General information
Location	Bury, Bury England
Coordinates	53.5914°N 2.2970°W / 53.5914; -2.2970
Grid reference	SD804105
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	17 March 1980
Original company	London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
17 August 1991	Closed as a rail station
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map 0:00 Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell 0:05 Radcliffe River Irwell 0:07 Whitefield 0:09 Besses o' th' Barn  M60  0:11 Prestwich 0:12 Heaton Park 0:14 Bowker Vale 0:15 Crumpsall 0:17 Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot 0:19 Queens Road to Monsall River Irk Calder Valley Line 0:23 Victoria  to Exchange Square to Shudehill
Location

History

Bury Interchange was opened by British Rail as part of the then-axed Picc-Vic tunnel project in March 1980, integrating a new bus station with the northern terminus of the Bury-to-Manchester heavy railway line, a new short spur line was constructed to connect the new station. The railway had originally run into Bury Bolton Street which was further away from the town centre, and was closed by British Rail on the same day that Bury Interchange opened; Bury Bolton Street is now operated by the heritage East Lancashire Railway. The railway was redeveloped in the early-1990s to become part of the Manchester Metrolink network in 1992, forming the northern terminus. The interchange is managed by Transport for Greater Manchester and has recently been refurbished, improving facilities and security for passengers.

Lines around Bury
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Rochdale Lines Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Metrolink services

Service pattern

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

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Radcliffe towards Piccadilly		Piccadilly–Bury		Terminus
Radcliffe towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)

Bus services

As of March 2024, most services from Bury Interchange are operated on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (Bee Network), with a large amount being run by Stagecoach Manchester and Go North West, with a smaller amount being run by Diamond Bus North West and First Manchester, all of which are operated under the new franchised Bee Network integrated system. A couple of cross - boundary routes run from the interchange, to Blackburn and Burnley, which are run by Rosso. Now-defunct operators which have run services to or from the interchange in the past have included Ribble Motor Services, Crosville Motor Services, Yelloway Motor Services, Bee Line Buzz Company, Burnley & Pendle, Bolton Coachways, Mayne Coaches, Citibus Tours, Shearings, Blue Bus & Coach Services, Maytree Travel, and JPT.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester, Rochdale, Bolton, Langley Estate (Middleton), Middleton and Rawtenstall plus several parts of the Bury area including Heywood, Radcliffe, Whitefield, Prestwich, Ramsbottom and Tottington. Buses also run from Bury to Salford, Blackburn and Burnley.

Gallery

• 
  Class 504 units at the interchange in 1983.
• 
  A Class 504 leaving the station. The island platform layout of the station, which remains today, is visible in the right-hand corner.
• 
  Poet Ron Silliman's neon sculpture From Northern Soul (Bury Neon) is displayed at the entrance to Bury Interchange.
• 
  A T-68 tram at Bury Interchange in October 2007.

External links

• Metrolink Stop Information
• Bury Metrolink area map
• Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
• TheTrams.co.uk: Metrolink, Bury
• First Manchester
• Easyride Buses