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Bowker Vale

Blue Line and Green Line · 2 lines call here

Tram times hereMetrolink map
2linesBlue Line and Green Line
15 minbetween tramsdaytime, Blue Line
05:29first tramMonday to Thursday
00:50+1last tramafter midnight

Getting the tram at Bowker Vale

Bowker Vale is served by two lines, Blue Line and Green Line, so you get roughly twice the service of a single-line stop. It is about 18 minutes from St Peter's Square in the city centre on the Green Line, and 5.2 km away on the ground. On the Blue Line it is stop 7 of 27. On the Green Line it is stop 7 of 25. On a Sunday the Green Line does not run, so the service here is thinner than the rest of the week. Counting both directions, 260 trams call on a normal weekday.

Manchester Metrolink — Bowker Vale tram stop
A tram on the Metrolink network; the photograph is not of this stop in particular. Photo: Alan Barker, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Tram times at Bowker Vale

First and last tram in each direction, by day of the week.

Blue Linetowards Ashton-under-Lyne
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday06:1000:50+176
Friday to Saturday06:1001:35+179
Sunday07:1000:35+171
Blue Linetowards Bury
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Thursday05:2900:09+176
Friday to Saturday05:2900:54+179
Sunday06:2923:5471
Green Linetowards Altrincham
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Friday07:1720:3254
Saturday09:1719:0240
Green Linetowards Bury
DaysFirstLastTrams
Monday to Friday06:3219:4754
Saturday08:3218:1740

Published timetable, not live running — why.

How long it takes from Bowker Vale

To the places people actually go, from this platform.

ToRiding timeChangesLine
the city centre
St Peter's Square
18 mindirectGreen Line
Piccadilly station
Piccadilly
20 mindirectBlue Line
Victoria station
Victoria
11 mindirectBlue Line
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
78 min1 changeGreen Line Navy Line
MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK
45 min1 changeGreen Line Yellow Line
The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre
48 min1 changeGreen Line Red Line

Riding time from the operator’s timetable, with 6 minutes allowed for each change. Waiting for the first tram is not included. Any other pair of stops: the journey planner.

Every departure from Bowker Vale

The full list, hour by hour, straight from the registered timetable.

Monday to Thursday · Ashton-under-Lyne
0610 25 40 55
0710 25 40 55
0810 25 40 55
0910 25 40 55
1010 25 40 55
1110 25 40 55
1210 25 40 55
1310 25 40 55
1410 25 40 55
1510 25 40 55
1610 25 40 55
1710 25 40 55
1810 25 40 55
1910 25 40 55
2010 25 40 55
2110 25 40 55
2210 25 40 55
2310 25 40 55
2405 20 35 50
Monday to Thursday · Bury
0529 44 59
0609 24 39 54
0709 24 39 54
0809 24 39 54
0909 24 39 54
1009 24 39 54
1109 24 39 54
1209 24 39 54
1309 24 39 54
1409 24 39 54
1509 24 39 54
1609 24 39 54
1709 24 39 54
1809 24 39 54
1909 24 39 54
2009 24 39 54
2109 24 39 54
2209 24 39 54
2309 24 39 54
2409
Monday to Friday · Altrincham
0717 32 47
0802 17 32 47
0902 17 32 47
1002 17 32 47
1102 17 32 47
1202 17 32 47
1302 17 32 47
1402 17 32 47
1502 17 32 47
1602 17 32 47
1702 17 32 47
1802 17 32 47
1902 17 32 47
2002 17 32
Monday to Friday · Bury
0632 47
0702 17 32 47
0802 17 32 47
0902 17 32 47
1002 17 32 47
1102 17 32 47
1202 17 32 47
1302 17 32 47
1402 17 32 47
1502 17 32 47
1602 17 32 47
1702 17 32 47
1802 17 32 47
1902 17 32 47

Monday to Thursday, in the service day the operator uses: a tram shown as 24:12 leaves at 00:12 and belongs to the previous day. Friday, Saturday and Sunday first and last trams are in the table above.

Next and previous stops

Blue Line · towards Ashton-under-Lynefrom Heaton Park (2 min), on to Crumpsall (2 min)
Blue Line · towards Buryfrom Crumpsall (2 min), on to Heaton Park (2 min)
Green Line · towards Altrinchamfrom Heaton Park (2 min), on to Crumpsall (2 min)
Green Line · towards Buryfrom Crumpsall (2 min), on to Heaton Park (2 min)

Questions about Bowker Vale

the Blue Line and the Green Line.

05:29, Monday to Thursday. Saturday and Sunday both start later; the table above has each day.

The last one leaves at 00:50, after midnight — it still counts as the previous day’s service, which is why timetables write it as a time past 24:00. Friday and Saturday run later still.

About 18 minutes to St Peter's Square on the Green Line, and the journey planner will do any other pair of stops.

Yes: the Green Line does not run on Sundays, so only Blue Line call here that day.

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