Radcliffe
Metrolink station
Radcliffe Metrolink station in January 2017
General information
Location	Radcliffe, Bury England
Coordinates	53°33′45″N 2°19′16″W / 53.56238°N 2.32103°W / 53.56238; -2.32103
Grid reference	SD788073
Line(s)	Bury Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1 September 1879
Previous names	Radcliffe New; Radcliffe Central
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail
Key dates
6 April 1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
1 July 1933; 3 May 1971	Renamed
Route map Legend Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell Radcliffe River Irwell Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn  M60  Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale River Irk Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham & Piccadilly This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Radcliffe is a tram stop in the town of Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

History

It originally opened on 1 September 1879 as Radcliffe New railway station on the former heavy rail line from Manchester Victoria to Bury. It was named Radcliffe Central railway station to differentiate it from Radcliffe Bridge railway station on the line from Manchester to Bury via Clifton which closed in 1966.

It was rebuilt in 1956 to the designs of the architect John Broome^[1]

Metrolink

The stop lies within Ticketing Zone 4. There is a walkway from the stop towards the town centre and Radcliffe Bus Station. A blue neon sign adorns the front of the station which reads "From the tower, falls the shadow", this was added in 2005.^[2] The station is located across from Radcliffe Leisure Centre, Spring Lane School, and a popular National Cycle Network route which was a continuation of the railway line.

Services

Services mostly run every 12 minutes on 2 routes, forming a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

v t e Lines around Bury
Legend
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Rochdale Lines Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Whitefield towards Altrincham		Altrincham–Bury		Bury Terminus
Whitefield towards Piccadilly		Bury–Piccadilly
Proposed
Whitefield		Bury Line		Buckley Wells
	Disused railways
Whitefield Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway		Withins Lane Line open, station closed
		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway		Ainsworth Road Line and station closed

Connecting bus routes

Radcliffe Metrolink station is served by Diamond's 524 service, which runs frequently between Bury, Radcliffe and Bolton. It is also served by Vision bus's 513 service, which also runs between Bury, Radcliffe and Farnworth that runs near the station.^[3] Radcliffe is also served by Radcliffe bus station.

Gallery

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  Radcliffe Central railway station in 1988
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  Metrolink tram arrives at Radcliffe in 1992
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  Metrolink M5000 arrives at Radcliffe in 2012