Pomona tram stop

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Pomona
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General information
Location Pomona Docks, Trafford
England
Coordinates 53°27′55″N2°16′41″W / 53.46519°N 2.27807°W / 53.46519; -2.27807
Grid reference SJ816965
System Metrolink station
Line Eccles Line
Platforms2 (island)
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone2
History
Original company Manchester Metrolink
Key dates
6 December 1999Opened
22 March 2020Trafford Park branch opened
Location
Pomona tram stop

Pomona is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop in Pomona Docks, Trafford. It is on the Eccles Line and is in fare zone 2. This station was opened on 6 December 1999 with the Eccles Line extension as far north as Broadway. This station has step-free access.

Contents

The stop is located above ground level on a purpose-built viaduct. It has been the least used tram stop for the majority of years that it has been open, [1] but saw a rise in usage after 2020. [2] Pomona tram stop is at the edge of the now disused Pomona Docks owned by the Peel Group.

History

Track blocks at Pomona were in place from 1999 for the provisional Trafford Park Extension. Start of Trafford Line at Pomona.JPG
Track blocks at Pomona were in place from 1999 for the provisional Trafford Park Extension.

Construction work on the Eccles Line officially began on 17 July 1997, and the Eccles Line was officially opened as far as Broadway tram stop on 6 December 1999, along with Pomona.

This stop is not near to many landmarks or locations of interest, and as a result has been the least used tram stop across the entire Metrolink network for the majority of years that it has been open. [1] Pomona was designed with an island platform as a potential interchange station in the future between the present Eccles Line and a new Trafford Park Line. In 2016, Metrolink began construction of the Trafford Park Line, which would stem off the existing line west of Pomona station. [3] Supporting concrete blocks for the track had been in place since the station opened in 1999, with the new line opening on 22 March 2020. Because the Trafford Park Line is now open, Pomona's footfall has risen, but also because apartments were built nearby in the late 2010s. [2]

Layout

Ground view of Pomona station Pomona metro station elevated.jpg
Ground view of Pomona station

Pomona tram stop was constructed with accessibility in mind, though it is above ground level. A lift was installed at the west side of the tram stop for disabled access, and a set of stairs on the east side. Two dot matrix passenger information displays stand serving one platform each, and show estimated arrival times for trams in minutes up to 30 minutes prior (up to three at a time) and number of carriages.

The junction with the Trafford Park Line lies to the west of the tram stop, with the Eccles Line turning to the north and crossing the Manchester Ship Canal and the Trafford Park Line continuing straight running alongside the ship canal.

Services

Every route across the Manchester Metrolink network operates to a 12-minute headway (5 tph) Monday–Saturday, and to a 15-minute headway (4 tph) on Sundays and bank holidays. Sections served by a second "peak only" route (unlike this stop) will have a combined headway of 6 minutes during peak times.

Pomona is located in Zone 2 and the stop itself has two platforms (island). Trams towards Manchester and Tameside depart from the inbound platform (northernmost), and trams to Eccles, MediaCityUK, and The Trafford Centre stop at the outbound platform (southernmost).

Preceding station Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Manchester Metrolink Following station
Exchange Quay
towards Eccles
Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Cornbrook
towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
Exchange Quay
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only) Cornbrook
towards Etihad Campus
Wharfside
towards The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre–Deansgate Cornbrook
towards Deansgate-Castlefield

Transport connections

Bus

Pomona station is not served directly by any bus service, but several services stop on Chester Road. [4]

Train

This tram stop is not connected to or near to any railway stations, but the nearest is Deansgate, which can be reached by tram, but is about 2 miles away walking.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Passenger numbers by Metrolink station - a Freedom of Information request to Transport for Greater Manchester". WhatDoTheyKnow. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 Metrolink Insights (13 December 2025). What's the new least used Manchester Metrolink station? . Retrieved 17 December 2025– via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Go ahead given for Trafford Park Metrolink line in Manchester". www.intelligenttransport.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". tfgm.com. Transport for Greater Manchester . Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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