Exchange Quay tram stop

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.

Not to be confused with Exchange Square tram stop.

Exchange Quay
Metrolink station
Exchange Quay tram stop in November 2018.
General information
Location	Salford Quays, Salford England
Coordinates	53.46770°N 2.28233°W / 53.46770; -2.28233
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
Route map Legend 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) This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Exchange Quay

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

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

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

Connecting bus routes

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

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

External links

Media related to Exchange Quay Metrolink station at Wikimedia Commons

• Exchange Quay Stop Information
• Exchange Quay area map