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Exchange Quay
Exchange Quay
Metrolink station
	Exchange Quay tram stop in November 2018.
General information
Location	Salford Quays, Salford; England
Coordinates	53°28′04″N 2°16′56″W / 53.46770°N 2.28233°W
Grid reference	SJ813968
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

Exchange Quay is a tram 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 6 December 1999^[1]^[2] as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion. The stop serves the Exchange Quay office complex and the surrounding area. It is also often used as a stop for Old Trafford football stadium.

Exchange Quay edit

The station serves the Exchange Quay office complex in Salford Quays and the surrounding area.^[3] The complex, owned by Hunter Property Fund Management,^[4] consists of six office buildings, a gym, several car parks, and a retail area.^[3] Due to the station's close proximity to Old Trafford football stadium, it is frequently used on match-days by fans travelling on the Eccles and MediaCityUK services.^[5]

Services edit

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
Salford Quays towards Eccles	Eccles–Ashton (peak only)	Pomona towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Salford Quays towards Eccles	Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)	Pomona towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Salford Quays towards MediaCityUK	MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only)	Pomona towards Etihad Campus

Connecting bus routes edit

Exchange Quay station is served by bus stops on the nearby Trafford Road: Diamond Bus North West service 79, and Go North West Orbits 53, which runs to Pendleton and to Cheetham Hill via Rusholme, Gorton and Harpurhey, operate from these stops.

References edit

^ "Eccles : Routes : Metrolink : TheTrams.co.uk". www.thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ "Timeline — Manchester Metrolink — LRTA". lrta.info. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Exchange Quay – Brochure" (PDF). Hunter. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ "US investors in £30m Exchange Quay Deal". Manchester Evening News. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ "Metrolink - Walking route to Old Trafford" (PDF). Metrolink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.