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MediaCityUK tram stop is a stop on the Manchester Metrolink light rail system. It is located in MediaCityUK, in Salford. The stop serves MediaCityUK, The Lowry, the Imperial War Museum North and other parts of Salford Quays. It is at the end of a short spur from the Eccles Line.

MediaCityUK
Metrolink station
MediaCityUK tram stop in February 2018
General information
Location	MediaCityUK, City of Salford England
Coordinates	53.47215°N 2.29727°W / 53.47215; -2.29727
Grid reference	SJ803973
Line(s)	Eccles Line
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	20 September 2010
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

History

MediaCityUK is a development within Salford Quays, on the site of the former Manchester Docks. When an active port, the quays were served by numerous railway goods lines.

The Metrolink's extension into Salford Quays was part of a programme of urban renewal for the area around the Manchester Ship Canal. Plans for a light rail system into Salford Quays have existed since around 1987, initially as far as Broadway;[1] the proposals evolved, with plans for a branch line to serve the Lowry arts centre.[2] The MediaCity extension replaced that proposal.[3] It opened on 20 September 2010,[4] as the terminus of a specially-constructed 360-metre-long spur (0.22 mi) from the Eccles Line.

Services to the station were suspended following an incident at the Harbour City crossover on the second day of operation. A driver reversed after only partially passing over spring-loaded points causing the tram to straddle two tracks and hit a central support column.[5]

Services

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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

• 12 minutes service to Ashton-under-Lyne
• 12 minutes service to Eccles (before 07:00 and after 20:00 Mon-Fri; Before 09:00 and after 18:30 Saturdays; all day Sundays and Bank Holidays)

The station was originally served by a dedicated Piccadilly - MediaCityUK service during enhanced service (07:00-20:00 Mon-Fri; 09:00-18:30 Sat). However, as of 28 January 2018, services were extended to operate between MediaCityUK and Etihad Campus during enhanced service every 12 minutes, with Eccles - Ashton services calling outside of these times.[6] The Etihad Campus service was further extended to Ashton in January 2019[7][8] meaning a through service between MediaCityUK and Ashton during all hours of operation.

Connecting bus routes

MediaCityUK tram stop is served nearby by Diamond Bus North West services 29, 73 and 79, Go North West Orbits 53, travelling between Cheetham Hill and Salford Shopping Centre[9] 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.[10]

References

External links

• MediaCityUK Stop Information
• MediaCityUK area map

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Broadway towards Eccles		Ashton-under-Lyne–Eccles via MediaCityUK Served only outside "enhanced" service hours		Harbour City towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Terminus		MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line Operates during "enhanced" service hours
Out-of-station interchange
Village towards The Trafford Centre		The Trafford Centre–Cornbrook transfer at Imperial War Museum		Wharfside towards Cornbrook

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