Anchorage Metrolink station

 Anchorage
Metrolink

A T-68A at Anchorage station in 2000
Anchorage
Location of Anchorage in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Salford Quays
Local authority Salford
Coordinates 53°28′27″N 2°17′10″W / 53.4743°N 2.2860°WCoordinates: 53°28′27″N 2°17′10″W / 53.4743°N 2.2860°W
Grid reference SJ811975
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone H
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Metrolink
History
Opened 12 June 1999
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Anchorage Metrolink station is a stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in the Salford Quays area, in North West England, and opened on 12 June 1999 as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion.

Services

Anchorage is located on the Eccles Line with trams towards Eccles or MediaCityUK stopping every 12 minutes during the day Monday-Saturday, with trams running to Manchester Piccadilly via Cornbrook every 6 minutes. Trams run every 12 minutes Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings between Manchester Piccadilly and Eccles, which calls at MediaCityUK.[1]

Connecting bus routes

Anchorage station is served by Arriva North West service 79, which stops nearby within Salford Quays and runs to Swinton via Ordsall and Pendleton and to Stretford via Old Trafford. Also, stopping nearby is Stagecoach Manchester service 50, branded as City Connect linking Salford Shopping Centre in Pendleton, Salford Crescent railway station, Salford University, Salford Central railway station, Manchester and East Didsbury with Salford Quays and MediaCityUK.[2][3]

References

  1. "Metrolink - Tram Times - Anchorage". Metrolink. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. "City Connect 50". Stagecoach Bus. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Eccles
Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK – Piccadilly Line
Mon–Sat Peak
towards Piccadilly

Salford Lines

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 Past, present and future 
to Wigan
to Bolton
to Wigan
Little Hulton
Ellenbrook
Walkden Low Level

Walkden High Level
to Warrington

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
to Manchester (Metrolink)

Ordsall Chord(proposed)
Salford Central
to Manchester (Deansgate)
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