- Bury Interchange
Infobox Manchester Metrolink station
name = Bury Interchange
caption = A Metrolink train stopping at Bury Interchange
Metrolink Zone = A
locale = Bury
borough = Bury
open = 1980
metrolinksince=1992-04-06 Bury Interchange is a tram station in Bury,
Greater Manchester ,England . The station was opened in 1980, incorporating a new bus station and the northern terminus of theBury toManchester railway line.The interchange lies adjacent to Kay Gardens and is a short walk from Bury's Millgate shopping centre and Bury Market. The interchange is managed by
GMPTE 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 | fdormat=HTTP | accessdate= 2008-01-19]The railway originally served Bury Bolton Street which is now the Bury station of the
East Lancashire Railway . The railway between Manchester and Bury Interchange was redeveloped in the early 1990s to becomeMetrolink , with Bury its northern terminus. The interchange lies in Metrolink Ticketing Zone A.Buses serving the interchange are operated predominantly by
First Manchester orEasyride Buses . First Manchester operates high-frequency services toManchester ,Radcliffe ,Bolton andRochdale , and connecting services acrossGreater Manchester . Easyride Buses provides mainly local services throughout North Bury and into theRossendale Valley .For a time the interchange became infamous as the place where Shirley Leach was murdered in 1994. [cite web | title= The Forensic Science Service | work= DNA Evidence Led to Shirley Leach Killer | url= http://www.forensic.gov.uk/forensic_t/inside/news/list_press_release.php?case=62&y=
fdormat=HTTP | accessdate= 2007-10-29]References
External links
* [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]
* [http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/northwest/manchester/home/index.php First Manchester]
* [http://www.rossendalebus.co.uk/index2.html Easyride Buses]
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