Weaste tram stop

Weaste
Metrolink
An M5000 leaving Weaste
Weaste Location of Weaste in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Weaste
Local authority	Salford
Coordinates	53°28′57″N 2°18′27″W / 53.4824°N 2.3076°WCoordinates: 53°28′57″N 2°18′27″W / 53.4824°N 2.3076°W
Grid reference	SJ796984
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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Weaste is a tram stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 12 June 1999 as part of Phase 2 of the network's expansion, and is located the Weaste area of the City of Salford, in North West England.

Weaste tram stop is close to the M602 motorway and The Willows, the former home stadium of Salford City Reds.

Services

Service pattern

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

Connecting bus routes

Weaste station is served by First Greater Manchester service 27, which runs to Swinton and to Manchester via Pendleton, First service 33, which runs to Manchester and to Worsley via Eccles, with evening and Sunday journeys continuing to Wigan via Atherton and First service 63, which runs to Manchester and to Brookhouse via Eccles.^[1]

References

1. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

External links

• Weaste Stop Information
• Weaste area map

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 Bridge Broadway Cross Lane • Pendleton MediaCityUK Harbour City Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane • Oldfield Road Metrolink to Manchester Ordsall Chord under construction Salford Central to Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Victoria