Salford Quays tram stop

Salford Quays
Metrolink
Salford Quays stop
Salford Quays Location of Salford Quays in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Salford Quays
Local authority	Salford
Coordinates	53°28′13″N 2°17′02″W / 53.4703°N 2.2840°WCoordinates: 53°28′13″N 2°17′02″W / 53.4703°N 2.2840°W
Grid reference	SJ812971
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	H
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	12 June 1999
Eccles Line to Piccadilly and Ashton-under-Lyne Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook to Altrincham, East Didsbury and Manchester Airport Bridgewater Canal Pomona to Trafford Centre Manchester Ship Canal Exchange Quay Salford Quays Anchorage Harbour City MediaCityUK Broadway Langworthy Weaste Ladywell Eccles
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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.

Services

Service pattern

• 12 minute service to Piccadilly (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 First Greater Manchester service 53, which runs to Pendleton and to Cheetham Hill via Rusholme, Gorton and Harpurhey, Arriva North West service 79, which runs to Swinton via Ordsall and Pendleton and to Stretford via Old Trafford. Arriva services 71 and 73, which runs to Clifton via Pendleton and Swinton and to Manchester Shudehill Interchange. Arriva service 70 also serve the station on Sundays, which also runs to Manchester and to Clifton, although via Eccles.^[1]

References

1. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Salford Quays Stop Information
• Salford Quays area map
• More photos of this station

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