Pomona tram stop

 Pomona
Metrolink

Pomona tram stop in 2013
Pomona
Location of Pomona in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Pomona Docks
Local authority Trafford
Coordinates 53°27′55″N 2°16′41″W / 53.4652°N 2.2781°W / 53.4652; -2.2781Coordinates: 53°27′55″N 2°16′41″W / 53.4652°N 2.2781°W / 53.4652; -2.2781
Grid reference SJ816965
Platforms 2 (island)
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone H
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened 12 June 1999 (1999-06-12)
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Pomona is a tram stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 12 June 1999 as part of Phase 2 of the network's expansion, and is located at Pomona Docks in the City of Salford, in North West England.

In 2015, Pomona tram stop one of the least used stops on the Metrolink network,[1] but allowance has been made in its design to support its development as an interchange station between the Eccles Line and a proposed Trafford Park Line to the Trafford Centre via Trafford Park.

Pomona Docks

Main article: Pomona Docks

Pomona tram stop is located at the edge of the now disused Pomona Docks owned by the Peel Group. The site is due for massive redevelopment with plans of an apartment complex and leisure facilities lining the waterfront.

Services

Ground view of Pomona station
A Metrolink tram crossing the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona

Service pattern

Connecting bus routes

Pomona station is not served directly by any bus service, but several services stop on Chester Road.[2]

References

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Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK – Piccadilly Line
towards Piccadilly
towards Eccles
Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
  Proposed  
towards Port Salford
Trafford Centre LineTerminus


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