2020

SJ8096 : Metrolink Wharfside Tram Stop

taken 4 years ago, near to Trafford Park, Trafford, England

Metrolink Wharfside Tram Stop
Metrolink Wharfside Tram Stop
Wharfside is the first tram stop on the Trafford Park Line, after leaving the Eccles/MediaCityUK line at Pomona. The Wharfside stop is located on Trafford Wharf Road, next to the Manchester Ship Canal and close to Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium. A map of the proposed network development, published in 2010 Archive LinkExternal link , showed the station’s name as “Manchester United”. It opened, along with the rest of the extension, on 22 March 2020.
Metrolink Trafford Park Line

Metrolink’s extension to the Trafford Centre opened for business on Sunday 22nd March 2020. Unfortunately, this date coincided with the travel restrictions imposed by the UK Government to combat the 2020 coronavirus pandemic LinkExternal link and the trams initially ran from the Trafford Centre to Cornbrook rather than through the city centre and onto Crumpsall as originally planned.

The new Trafford Park line added a further 5.5km of track and six additional stops to the metrolink network (which was already the UK’s largest tram network) bringing the total to over 100km of track and 99 stops. The new line runs through Europe’s largest industrial estate, and the additional stops provide easy access to some of the region’s top retail and leisure destinations, including the Trafford Centre, Old Trafford stadium and Imperial War Museum North.


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SJ8096, 369 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 1 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 2 July, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 809 966 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:27.9746N 2:17.2691W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 809 966
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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