Place Besses o' th' Barn Metrolink Zone B Opened 1 February 1933 | Grid reference SD811050 Present status In operation Platforms in use 2 | |
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Original operator London, Midland and Scottish Railway Post-grouping company London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail Address Whitefield, Manchester M45 6AY, United Kingdom Similar Heaton Park tram stop, Crumpsall tram stop, Queens Road tram stop, Benchill tram stop, Burton Road tram stop | ||
Besses o' th' Barn is a stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in the Besses o' th' Barn area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England.
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Although the line was built in 1879 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, it was not until 1 February 1933 that Besses o' th' Barn railway station was opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, to cater for a large new housing development in the area. In 1992 the station, which was on the national rail network, became a stop on the Metrolink network. The station is in the network's Ticketing Zone B. It is unique, as it is the only original station on the Bury-Manchester line to have one island platform.
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
First Greater Manchester's frequent 135 service runs between Bury and Manchester and stops adjacent to the station as does First services 92 and 93, which runs via Unsworth and Prestwich, as well as the Route 97 which runs between Bury and Manchester via Unsworth. Route 95, operated by First runs between Pendleton and Whitefield and calls next to Besses United Reformed Church as does the Route 98, operated by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester which runs between Bury and Manchester via Radcliffe and Prestwich