Pomona tram stop

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Pomona
Metrolink station
POM5.jpg
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
Line(s) 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 tram stop located just east of the junction of the Eccles Line and Trafford Park Line of Greater Manchester's light rail system, known as Metrolink. It opened to passengers on 6 December 1999, as part of Phase 2 of the network's expansion, at Pomona Docks in Old Trafford.

Contents

It was the least-used stop on the Metrolink network in 2018. [1] However, it was always designed to support development as an interchange station between the Eccles Line and the Trafford Park Line which opened in March 2020.

Pomona Docks

Pomona tram stop is at the edge of the now disused Pomona Docks owned by the Peel Group.

Trafford Park Line extension

In 2016, Metrolink began construction of the Trafford Park Line, which would stem off the existing line at Pomona station. [2] Supporting concrete blocks for the track had been in place since the station opened in 1999, with the line opening on 22 March 2020.

A bridge was built to connect the new alignment on the south of the Manchester Ship Canal to the existing route. The line proceeds straight from the station, in-between the Manchester Ship Canal and Bridgewater Canal. It then begins a gradual descent onto the left bank of the ship canal and runs parallel to it.

Services

Ground view of Pomona station Pomona metro station elevated.jpg
Ground view of Pomona station
A Metrolink tram crossing the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona Metrolink canal crossing at pomona.jpg
A Metrolink tram crossing the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona
Preceding station Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Manchester Metrolink Following station
Exchange Quay
towards Eccles
Eccles–Ashton (peak only) Cornbrook
Eccles–Ashton via MediaCityUK (off-peak only)
Exchange Quay
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK–Etihad Campus (peak only) Cornbrook
towards Etihad Campus
Wharfside The Trafford Centre–Deansgate Cornbrook

Connecting bus routes

Pomona station is not served directly by any bus service, but several services stop on Chester Road. [3]

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