Salford Quays Metrolink station

 Salford Quays
Metrolink

Salford Quays station
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
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Salford Quays Metrolink station 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

Salford Quays 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

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.[2]

References

  1. "Metrolink - Tram Times - Salford Quays". Metrolink. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

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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)
to Manchester (Victoria)