Bury Interchange

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.{{cite web|title=Bury Bolton Street|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/bury_bolton_street/|publisher=Disused Railways|access-date=28 April 2017}} The interchange is managed by Transport for Greater Manchester and has recently been refurbished, improving facilities and security for passengers.{{cite web | title= Bury Interchange in line for safety improvements | work= GMPTE | url= http://www.gmpte.com/news.cfm?news_id=957618 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120731151053/http://www.gmpte.com/news.cfm?news_id=957618 | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2012-07-31 | access-date= 2008-01-19 }}

In March 2025 it was announced that the Bury Interchange redevelopment has been fast-tracked with £80 million to improve bus and tram connectivity across Greater Manchester. {{Cite web |title=PM: North will no longer be held to ransom by broken transport system |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-north-will-no-longer-be-held-to-ransom-by-broken-transport-system |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}

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

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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.{{Cite web |title=Bee Network bus services |url=https://ingress.tfgm.com/the-bee-network/bus-services |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Bee Network bus services {{!}} Bee Network {{!}} Powered by TfGM |language=en}} 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.

Image:M77177 and M65456 and M77182 and M65461 at Bury Interchange station.jpg|Class 504 units at the interchange in 1983.

Image:M77173 and M65452 departs Bury Interchange.jpg|A Class 504 leaving the station. The island platform layout of the station, which remains today, is visible in the right-hand corner.

Image:From Northern Soul (Bury Neon).jpg|Poet Ron Silliman's neon sculpture From Northern Soul (Bury Neon) is displayed at the entrance to Bury Interchange.

Image:Metrolink bury.jpg|A T-68 tram at Bury Interchange in October 2007.

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• [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/bury-tram Metrolink Stop Information]
• [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/bury-tram/local-map Bury Metrolink area map]
• [http://www.gmpte.com Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive]
• [http://www.thetrams.co.uk/stops.php?section=metrolink&stop=Bury TheTrams.co.uk: Metrolink, Bury]
• [https://archive.today/20031011155928/http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/northwest/manchester/home/index.php First Manchester]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080116042729/http://www.rossendalebus.co.uk/index2.html Easyride Buses]

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