title: Heaton Park tram stop
text: # Heaton Park tram stop
  
  Heaton Park is a tram stop at Heaton Park in the town of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is part of Ticketing Zone 3, and is at the corner of Whittaker Lane and Bury Old Road, with an entrance to Heaton Park. This Metrolink stop is some 800 metres (2,600 ft) from the Lakeside terminus of the Heaton Park Tramway, the heritage tramway within Heaton Park.
  
  ## Services
  
  Services run every 12 minutes on two routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.
  
  | Preceding station | Manchester Metrolink | Manchester Metrolink | Manchester Metrolink | Following station |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bowker Valetowards Altrincham | | Altrincham–Bury | | Prestwichtowards Bury |
  | Bowker Valetowards Piccadilly | | Bury–Piccadilly | | Prestwichtowards Bury |
  
  ## Connecting bus routes
  
  Go North West's 135 service calls outside the station towards Bury and Manchester. Tyrers Coaches run the 94 service between Bury and North Manchester General Hospital via Pilsworth Asda and Polefield. Arriva service 484 ran from Prestwich village to Kersal, Pendlebury, Swinton, Monton and Eccles, Until late 2020. Diamond also runs the 66 service that runs to Eccles from Prestwich Hospital.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Heaton Park railway station in 1988
  * Heaton Park Metrolink station on opening day in 1992
  * An Altrincham-bound T-68 tram arriving at Heaton Park.
  * Heaton Park tram station in January 2017.
  