It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

[1] It is unique, as it is the only original station on the Bury-Manchester line to have one island platform.

The original Totem Signs were the one of two to include lower case lettering, the other being London Road (Guildford).

Route 95, operated by Go North West runs between Pendleton and Whitefield and calls next to Besses United Reformed Church as does the Route 98, operated by Go North West which runs between Bury and Manchester via Radcliffe and Prestwich.

Arriva North West 484 service also ran to Whitefield and to Eccles via Swinton until Late 2020.