Pomona tram stop

Pomona is a tram stop located just east of the junction of the Eccles Line and Trafford Park Line of Greater Manchester's light rail system, known as Metrolink . It opened to passengers on 6 December 1999, as part of Phase 2 of the network's expansion, at Pomona Docks in Old Trafford.

Pomona
Metrolink
Two Bombardier M5000 trams at Pomona in November 2018
Pomona
Location of Pomona in Greater Manchester
Location
PlacePomona Docks
Local authorityTrafford
Coordinates53.4652°N 2.2781°W / 53.4652; -2.2781
Grid referenceSJ816965
Platforms2 (island)
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone2
Present statusIn operation
Operations
Original operatorManchester Metrolink
History
Opened6 December 1999 (1999-12-06)

It was the least-used stop on the Metrolink network in 2018.[1] However, it was always designed to support development as an interchange station between the Eccles Line and the Trafford Park Line which opened in March 2020.

Pomona Docks

Pomona tram stop is at the edge of the now disused Pomona Docks owned by the Peel Group.

Trafford Park Line extension

In 2016, Metrolink received the go ahead to begin construction of the Trafford Park Line, which would stem off the existing line at Pomona station.[2] Supporting concrete blocks for the track had been in place since the station opened in 1999, with the line opening on 22 March 2020.

A bridge was built to connect the new alignment on the south of the Manchester Ship Canal to the existing route. The line proceeds straight from the station, in-between the Manchester Ship Canal and Bridgewater Canal. It then begins a gradual descent onto the left bank of the ship canal and runs parallel to it.

  • Track blocks at Pomona were in place from 1999 for the provisional Trafford Park Extension.
  • The bridge gradually descends between the Manchester Ship Canal and the Bridgewater Canal.
  • The bridge connects to the existing line immediately west of the platform.
  • The track will run parallel to the Manchester Ship Canal.

Services
Ground view of Pomona station
A Metrolink tram crossing the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona

Service pattern
  • 6 minute service to Ashton-under-Lyne (peak).
  • 12 minute service to Ashton-under-Lyne (off-peak).
  • 12 minute service to Cornbrook
  • 12 minute service to Eccles (via MediaCityUK at offpeak times).
  • 12 minute service to MediaCityUK (peak).
  • 12 minute service to the Trafford Centre
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Eccles
Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
Trafford Centre - Cornbrook Line
Terminus
  Planned extensions  
towards Port Salford
Trafford Centre Line
towards Crumpsall

Connecting bus routes

Pomona station is not served directly by any bus service, but several services stop on Chester Road.[3]

References
  1. "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. "Go ahead given for Trafford Park Metrolink line in Manchester". www.intelligenttransport.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". tfgm.com. Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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