Salford Quays tram stop

Salford Quays tram stop is a stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located beside Salford Quays, on Metrolink's Eccles Line. It opened as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion, on 12 June 1999.

Salford Quays
Metrolink
An M5000 tram at Salford Quays tram stop in November 2018.
Salford Quays Location of Salford Quays in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Salford Quays
Local authority	Salford
Coordinates	53.4703°N 2.2840°W / 53.4703; -2.2840
Grid reference	SJ812971
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	2
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	12 June 1999 (1999-06-12)
Eccles Line to Ashton-under-Lyne Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook ( Zone 1 Zone 2 boundary) to Altrincham, East Didsbury & Manchester Airport Bridgewater Canal Pomona Trafford Park Line to Intu Trafford Centre Manchester Ship Canal Exchange Quay Salford Quays Anchorage Harbour City MediaCityUK bridge to Imperial War Museum Broadway Langworthy Weaste Ladywell Eccles ( Eccles)

Services

Service pattern

• 12 minute service to Etihad Campus (peak).
• 12 minute service to MediaCityUK (peak).
• 12 minute service to Eccles (via MediaCityUK at offpeak times).
• 12 minute service to Ashton-under-Lyne.

Connecting bus routes

Salford Quays station is served by buses stopping nearby on Trafford Road. Services that stop nearby are Go North West service 53, which runs to Pendleton and to Cheetham Hill via Rusholme, Gorton and Harpurhey, Diamond Bus North West service 79, which runs to Swinton via Ordsall and Pendleton and to Stretford via Old Trafford. Diamond Bus North West service 73, which runs to Clifton via Pendleton and Swinton and to MediaCityUK. Arriva North West service 70 also serves the station on Sundays, which runs to Manchester and to Clifton, although via Eccles.[1]

References

1. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Salford Quays Stop Information
• Salford Quays area map

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Anchorage towards Eccles		Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Exchange Quay towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Anchorage towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Exchange Quay towards Ashton-under-Lyne

Railway Lines in Salford
Past, present and future
to Wigan Wallgate   to Bolton Great Moor Street to Wigan North Western   Little Hulton Ellenbrook Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level to Liverpool Lime Street Moorside to Bolton Barton Moss Worsley Swinton Dixon Fold Patricroft   Monton Green Pendlebury to Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles Eccles   Clifton Junction Ladywell   Agecroft Bridge Weaste Weaste Brindle Heath Jct Agecroft Jct Langworthy Seedley Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Broadway Cross Lane MediaCityUK Harbour City   Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane   Oldfield Road Metrolink to Manchester Ordsall Chord Salford Central to Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Victoria