Anchorage tram stop

Anchorage
Metrolink station
Anchorage tram stop looking towards the Anchorage building in November 2018.
General information
Location	Salford Quays, Salford England
Coordinates	53.47433°N 2.28601°W / 53.47433; -2.28601
Grid reference	SJ811975
Line(s)	Eccles Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	6 December 1999
Original company	Metrolink
Route map to Deansgate-Castlefield 0:19 Cornbrook to Trafford Bar Bridgewater Canal 0:17 Pomona to Wharfside Manchester Ship Canal 0:15 Exchange Quay 0:13 Salford Quays 0:11 Anchorage 0:09 Harbour City MediaCityUK bridge to Imperial War Museum 0:08 Broadway 0:06 Langworthy 0:04 Weaste 0:01 Ladywell 0:00 Eccles ( Eccles)
Location

Anchorage tram stop is on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, in the Salford Quays area, in North West England. It opened on 6 December 1999 as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion, next to The Anchorage skyscraper that was constructed in 1991, and near the terminus of Salford's old Dock 9.

Services

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

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Harbour City towards Eccles		Eccles–Ashton (peak only)		Salford Quays towards Ashton-under-Lyne
		Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
Harbour City towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)		Salford Quays towards Etihad Campus

Connecting bus routes

Anchorage tram stop is served by Diamond Bus North West services 29, 73 & 79, Go North West Orbits 53, travelling between Cheetham Hill & Salford Shopping Centre and Stagecoach Manchester service 50, 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.

External links

• Anchorage Stop Information
• Anchorage area map