Exchange Quay Metrolink station

 Exchange Quay
Metrolink

An M5000 at Exchange Quay in 2010
Exchange Quay
Location of Exchange Quay in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Salford Quays
Local authority Salford
Coordinates 53°28′04″N 2°16′57″W / 53.4677°N 2.2824°WCoordinates: 53°28′04″N 2°16′57″W / 53.4677°N 2.2824°W
Grid reference SJ813968
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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Exchange Quay 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. The stop serves the Exchange Quay office complex and the surrounding area and is often used as a stop for Old Trafford football stadium.

Exchange Quay

The station serves the Exchange Quay office complex in Salford Quays and the surrounding area.[1] The complex, owned by Hunter Property Fund Management,[2] consists of six office buildings, a gym, several car parks, and a retail area.[1] Due to the station's close proximity to Old Trafford football stadium it is frequently used on match-days by fans using the Eccles and MediaCityUK services.[3]

Services

Exchange Quay 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.[4]

Connecting bus routes

Exchange Quay station is served by Arriva North West services 71 and 73, which stop outside the station on Ordsall Lane. The service runs to Clifton via Pendleton and Swinton and to Manchester Shudehill Interchange. Arriva service 70 also serves the station on Sundays, which also runs to Manchester and to Clifton, although via Eccles. Arriva service 245 starts/ends its journeys at Exchange Quay and runs throughout the day Monday–Saturdays to Altrincham via Trafford Centre, Flixton, Urmston, Stretford and Sale

The station is also served by services stopping on Trafford Road. First Greater Manchester service 53, which runs to Pendleton and to Cheetham Hill via Rusholme, Gorton and Harpurhey, while Arriva service 79 runs to Swinton via Ordsall and Pendleton and to Stretford via Old Trafford.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Exchange Quay – Brochure" (PDF). Hunter. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "US investors in £30m Exchange Quay Deal". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Metrolink - Walking route to Old Trafford" (PDF). Metrolink. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Metrolink - Tram Times - Exchange Quay". Metrolink. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

Media related to Exchange Quay Metrolink station at Wikimedia Commons

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

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to Wigan
to Bolton
to Wigan
Little Hulton
Ellenbrook
Walkden Low Level

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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
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Ordsall Chord(proposed)
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