Eccles Interchange is an interchange comprising a single platform Manchester Metrolink

Manchester Metrolink

Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...

 station and a small bus station serving Eccles town centre

Eccles, Greater Manchester

Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...

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The interchange opened as part of the second stage of the Eccles extension in July 2000.

Eccles railway station

Eccles railway station

Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles in the City of Salford district of Greater Manchester.The station is next to the M602 motorway and is 400 metres away from the Eccles Metrolink station...

 is approximately 200 yards away up the nearby pedestrianised Church Street.

History

The Eccles line for the Metrolink was approved in 1996, with the station being built next to on Regent Street in the town centre, next to existing bus stops in the town centre. The station was opened for service on July 21, 2000, while the station was given the official opening, along with the Eccles line, in January 2001, when HRH The Princess Royal visited the town centre . The new bus station was built next to the existing tram stop and opened in 2001, with additional stops and shelter added adjacent to the station in 2005.

Metrolink Services

Eccles is located on the Eccles Line with trams towards Manchester Piccadilly stopping every 12 minutes during the day Monday-Saturday. Trams run every 12 minutes Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings to Manchester Piccadilly, which calls at MediaCityUK. Connections are available at Cornbrook

Cornbrook Metrolink station

Cornbrook Metrolink station is located on the north side of Cornbrook Road between the A56 Chester Road dual carriageway and Pomona Docks on the Manchester Ship Canal. It is built on the former Cheshire Lines Committee approach to Manchester Central....

 for services to Altrincham, Bury

Bury Interchange

Bury Interchange is an interchange in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The interchange was opened in 1980, incorporating a new bus station and the northern terminus of the Bury to Manchester railway line.-History:...

, Manchester Victoria

Manchester Victoria station

Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is the city's second largest mainline railway station. It is also a Metrolink station, one of eight within the City Zone...

 and St Werburgh's Road via Chorlton.

Bus Services

The majority of services are run by First Manchester

First Manchester

First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...

 with the remainder of services run by Arriva North West

Arriva North West

Arriva North West is a division of Arriva that operates bus services around North West England. It consists of two companies: Arriva North West Ltd and Arriva Merseyside Ltd....

 and Stagecoach Manchester.

There are frequent buses running to Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, Pendleton

Pendleton, Greater Manchester

Pendleton is an inner city area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is about from Manchester city centre. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the district....

 and the Trafford Centre

Trafford Centre

The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, close to the Trafford Park industrial estate and approximately 5 miles from Manchester city centre. It is the highest valued shopping centre in the...

. Buses also run to Altrincham

Altrincham

Altrincham is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Sale and east of Warrington...

, Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

, Stockport

Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

 and Warrington

Warrington

Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...

, with evening and Sunday journeys running to Wigan

Wigan

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

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The bus services that use Eccles Interchange and its Stand Letter are :
(Places in bold are where services terminate)

No.	Operator	Destination	Stand
10	Arriva North West	Manchester Shudehill via Salford Royal Hospital, Pendleton and Broughton	B
		Brookhouse	E
19	Arriva North West	Trafford Park	E
22	First Manchester Stagecoach Manchester	Bolton via Swinton, Pendlebury and Farnworth	C
		Stockport via Trafford Centre, Stretford and Chorlton	E
33	First Manchester	Manchester Piccadilly via Weaste	B
		Worsley via Monton Evening and Sunday journeys continue to Wigan via Atherton	E
55	Arriva North West	Pendleton via Ellesmere Park	D
61	Arriva North West	Westwood Park via Peel Green	C
62	Arriva North West	Westwood Park via Peel Green	C
63	Arriva North West	Manchester Piccadilly via Weaste	B1
		Brookhouse	E1
64	Arriva North West	Brookhouse via Peel Green	C
65	Arriva North West	Brookhouse via Peel Green	C
67	First Manchester	Manchester Shudehill via Pendleton Nightbus journeys run to Manchester Piccadilly	A
		Cadishead via Irlam	E
68	First Manchester	Bolton via Worsley, Walkden and Farnworth	C
		The Trafford Centre	E
69	Arriva North West	Stretford via Pendleton, Ordsall and Old Trafford	B
70	Arriva North West	Salford Royal Hospital Sunday daytime journeys continue to Manchester Shudehill via Pendleton and Ordsall	B
		Clifton via Monton and Swinton	C
100	First Manchester	Manchester Shudehill via Pendleton	B
		Warrington via The Trafford Centre, Irlam and Hollins Green	E
110	First Manchester	Manchester Shudehill via Pendleton and Broughton	B
		The Trafford Centre	E
247	Arriva North West	Altrincham via Trafford Centre, Carrington and Partington	D
293	Arriva North West	Trafford Park	D
484	Arriva North West	Salford Royal Hospital	B
		Prestwich via Swinton, Pendlebury and Heaton Park	C
556	Arriva North West	Bolton via Rose Green, Worsley, Walkden and Farnworth	C2
		The Trafford Centre	D2

Notes:

1	Evenings and Sundays only
2	Sunday daytime only

External links

• Tram times and station information for Eccles Interchange from Manchester Metrolink
  Manchester Metrolink
  Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...