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Anchorage
Anchorage
Metrolink station
	Anchorage tram stop looking towards the Anchorage building in November 2018.
General information
Location	Salford Quays, Salford; England
Coordinates	53°28′28″N 2°17′10″W / 53.47433°N 2.28601°W
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
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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^[1]^[2] 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.

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Railway Lines in Salford

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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

Monton Green

to Bury

Irlams-o'-th'-Height

Eccles

Brindle Heath Jct

Agecroft Jct

Seedley

Harbour City

Salford Crescent

Anchorage

Ordsall Lane

to Manchester

Ordsall Chord

Salford Central

to

Manchester

Deansgate

to

Manchester

Victoria

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

Connecting bus routes edit

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.^[3]^[4]

References edit

^ "Timeline — Manchester Metrolink — LRTA". lrta.info. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ "Eccles : Routes : Metrolink : TheTrams.co.uk". www.thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
^ "City Connect 50". Stagecoach Bus. Retrieved 10 September 2012.