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 12 June 1999 as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion. The Anchorage name is a reference to The Anchorage building alongside, a large office block built at the end of Salford's former Dock 9 in 1991, sometime before the tram's arrival.

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	12 June 1999
Original company	Metrolink
Route map Legend to Ashton-under-Lyne Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook ( Zone 1 Zone 2 boundary) to Altrincham, East Didsbury & Manchester Airport Bridgewater Canal Pomona Trafford Park Line to The Trafford Centre Manchester Ship Canal Exchange Quay Salford Quays Anchorage Harbour City MediaCityUK bridge to Imperial War Museum Broadway Langworthy Weaste Ladywell Eccles ( Eccles) This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Services

v t e Railway Lines in Salford
Legend
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

Service pattern

• 6 minute service to Ashton under Lyne (peak) 12 minute service at off-peak times
• 12 minute service to MediaCityUK (peak).
• 12 minute service to Eccles (via MediaCityUK at off-peak times & Sunday's)

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.[1][2]

References

External links

• Anchorage Stop Information
• Anchorage area map

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Harbour City towards Eccles		Ashton-under-Lyne–Eccles via MediaCityUK		Salford Quays towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Harbour City towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line