Bury Interchange
Transport hub in Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Bury Interchange is a transport hub in the town of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a Metrolink tram stop, opened on 6 April 1992 after previously serving as a railway station from 1980 to 1991, and a bus station which was opened on 17 March 1980.
History
Pre-1980
Bury Bolton Street railway station was opened in 1846 on the Bury Line; it was the town's main station. It was closed by British Rail on 16 March 1980 and the terminus of the line was moved to Bury Interchange, where it linked up with a new transport interchange.
The new interchange railway station was part of the axed Picc-Vic tunnel project, as the northern terminus of a line that would run underground through Manchester city centre. The interchange was opened officially by Princess Alexandra on 9 July 1980.
Also nearby is the site of Bury Knowsley Street, which was sited south of the platforms where the current East Lancashire Railway heritage route runs to Heywood. This station was closed in 1970.
1980-1991
The interchange opened both a railway and a bus station on 17 March 1980; however, shortly afterwards, plans for a light rail scheme to replace the axed Picc-Vic project surfaced. The Bury Line, being an entirely local railway line was seriously considered for conversion to light rail.
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