Eccles Interchange
{{Short description|Bus station and tram stop in Greater Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Manchester Metrolink
| name = Eccles
| type = Metrolink station
| image = ECC.1.jpg
| caption = The Metrolink station at Eccles Interchange in November 2018.
| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Eccles|City of Salford}}
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.48307|-2.33456|type:railwaystation_region:GB-SLF|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ779985|25|SJ779985}}
| line = Eccles Line
| status = In operation
| zone = 2
| opened = 21 July 2000
| opening =
| original = Manchester Metrolink
| platforms = 1
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{maplink|from=Manchester Metrolink.map|zoom=13|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|type2=point|marker2=rail-light|marker-color2={{rcr|Manchester Metrolink}}}}
| map_state = collapsed
| route_map = {{Manchester Eccles Metrolink line}}
}}
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 {{convert|300|m|yd}} away from Eccles railway station.Google Maps distance measurement
History
The Eccles line for the Metrolink was approved in 1996, with the station being built on Regent Street in the town centre, next to existing bus stops> The station was opened for service on 21 July 2000,
{{cite web
|url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf
|title=Metrolink - History
|publisher=Metrolink
|access-date=18 July 2010
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325191627/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf
|archive-date=25 March 2009
|df=dmy
}} while the station was given the official opening, along with the Eccles line, in January 2001, when the Princess Royal visited the town centre.{{cite web
|url=http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/mlnn2001.html#jan.a
|title=Manchester Metrolink - News 2001
|publisher=Light Rail Transit Association
|access-date=18 July 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701070513/http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/mlnn2001.html#jan.a
|archive-date=1 July 2011
|url-status=dead
}} The new bus station was built next to the existing tram stop and opened in 2001,
{{cite web
|url=http://www.notolls.org.uk/images/gmtcmagissue7part2.pdf
|title=Greater Manchester Transport Campaign - November 2007 issue
|publisher=National Alliance Against Tolls
|access-date=18 July 2010}} with additional stops and shelter added adjacent to the station in 2005.
{{cite web
|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/news/s/156/156761_the_250000_bus_shelter.html
|title=The £250,000 bus shelter
|publisher=Manchester Evening News
|access-date=18 July 2010}}
Metrolink services
{{Salford_Lines|collapse=yes}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=Manchester Metrolink
|line1=blue|right1=Ladywell
|line2=blue2|right2=Ladywell
}}
Bus services
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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/eccles-tram Eccles Stop Information (Metrolink)]
- [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/eccles-tram/local-map Eccles area map (Metrolink)]
{{Greater Manchester bus stations}}
{{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations}}
Category:Tram stops in Salford
Category:Bus stations in Greater Manchester
Category:Eccles, Greater Manchester
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