Trafford Palazzo tram stop

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Trafford Palazzo
Metrolink Tram at Barton Dock Road - geograph.org.uk - 6532332.jpg
Barton Dock Road tram stop in operation in July 2020.
General information
Location Trafford Park, Trafford
England
Coordinates 53°27′57″N2°20′31″W / 53.46576°N 2.34205°W / 53.46576; -2.34205
System Manchester Metrolink
Operated byKeolisAmey
Transit authority Transport for Greater Manchester
Line Trafford Park Line
Platforms2
Tram routes   
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusIn operation
Station code-
Fare zone3
Website Trafford Palazzo tram stop
History
Opened22 March 2020;5 years ago (2020-03-22)
Key dates
22 March 2020Opened as Barton Dock Road
28 October 2025Renamed Trafford Palazzo
Location
Trafford Palazzo tram stop

Trafford Palazzo (previously Barton Dock Road) is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop in Trafford Park, Trafford. It is on the Trafford Park Line and in fare zone 3. This stop was opened on 22 March 2020 [1] [2] and has step-free access.

Contents

The stop is located on Barton Dock Road at street-level by the Peel Circle roundabout, and is right next to the main entrance to Trafford Palazzo. It has been recently renamed from Barton Dock Road after a partnership with TfGM and the Peel Group. [3]

History

Barton Dock Road tram stop during construction phase: August 2019 Tramway view - geograph.org.uk - 6242059.jpg
Barton Dock Road tram stop during construction phase: August 2019

Prior to opening

Plans for the Trafford Park Line have existed since at least 1990, [4] but no funding was provided to construct the line at that time. [5] In 1995, The Trafford Centre was granted planning permission and provision for Metrolink was designed into its grounds.

The 2000s proposal for the Trafford Park Line included a "Lostock Parkway" stop on the disused Trafford Park Railway freight line adjacent to Park Way (A5081), next to the now empty site that the Barton Dock freight terminal used to take up. [6] [7] By 2010, the line had reached the top of Metrolink's development priorities and TFGM began to conceive a concrete plan to construct it.

In around 2014, the plan and routing around this stop changed again, this time the proposed stop being located in its current space next to the main entrance to Trafford Palazzo (at the time the building was named Barton Square). The tram stop's name was to be EventCity, serving the exhibition/conference centre of the same name. [8]

At some point during planning stages, another name, "Giants Field", was raised for the tram stop.

In October 2016, power to build the line was granted by the Secretary of State for Transport, [9] [10] and construction commenced in January 2017, [11] [12] with the tram stop being named EventCity, however extremely late in development a change was made. EventCity announced plans to move to a new location in September 2019 (a few months prior to the Trafford Park Line's opening), which meant that the tram stop's name had to be changed again, this time to Barton Dock Road. [13] Furthermore, in early 2020, it was announced that the EventCity venue would be closing down entirely following 31 March 2021. [14]

After opening

This tram stop, along with the Trafford Park Line, was finally opened as Barton Dock Road on 22 March 2020, and the first passenger service tram (3073) stopped at Barton Dock Road just after 06:49. [15] [16]

In October 2025, the stop was once again renamed to its current "Trafford Palazzo", after the Trafford Palazzo shopping centre where the stop is located, following a partnership with TfGM and the Peel Group who own Trafford Palazzo. [7] [17]

Layout

Barton Dock Road tram stop, taken from the outbound platform: July 2020 Barton Dock Road Tram Stop.jpg
Barton Dock Road tram stop, taken from the outbound platform: July 2020

Trafford Palazzo tram stop was constructed with accessibility in mind. The stop is fully accessible via ramps and steps at each end of the platforms. Two dot matrix passenger information displays stand on 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.

Peel Circle roundabout on Barton Dock Road was remodelled to accommodate the new tram line and station. The roundabout was made smaller and a few road junctions nearby were shifted around. Also added was a tram crossing on Barton Dock Road between the tram stop and the terminus, The Trafford Centre, running directly underneath a link bridge connecting Trafford Palazzo and the Trafford Centre.

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.

Trafford Palazzo is located in Zone 3 and the stop itself has two platforms. Trams towards Deansgate-Castlefield in Manchester depart from the inbound platform (north), and trams one stop to The Trafford Centre stop at the outbound platform (south).

Preceding station Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Manchester Metrolink Following station
The Trafford Centre
Terminus
The Trafford Centre–Deansgate Parkway
towards Deansgate-Castlefield

Transport connections

Bus

This tram stop is served by Bee Network bus routes 150 (Gorton–The Trafford Centre) and 250 (Manchester–The Trafford Centre).

Train

This tram stop is not connected to or near to any railway stations, but the nearest is Trafford Park, and is about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) away walking.

Incidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m tramline opening date revealed". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Metrolink's Trafford Park line to open as planned at weekend". Place North West. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Trafford Centre's Barton Dock Road Metrolink tram stop renamed". BBC News. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Manchester, Museum of Transport Greater (1 January 1991), 1990s future Greater Manchester Metrolink map , retrieved 30 December 2025
  5. ↑ "Trafford Park Line — Manchester Metrolink — LRTA". www.lrta.info. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Travel by tram" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2012.
  7. 1 2 Metrolink Insights (29 November 2025). Why Barton Dock Road was renamed (and its other names) . Retrieved 30 December 2025– via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Pages - EventCity/Trafford Centre". tfgm.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m Tramline Approved]". BBC News. 13 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Metrolink line to the Trafford Centre will go ahead despite objections from Coronation Street and Manchester United]". Manchester Evening News. 14 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ground broken on Manchester's Trafford Park Line". Global Rail News. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  12. ↑ Rucki, Alexandra (10 July 2018). "This is the route new tram line to the Trafford Centre will take". Manchester Evening News .
  13. ↑ "Consultation on plans for EventCity relocation - Trafford City". 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  14. ↑ Sergeant, Emily (11 September 2020). "EventCity in Trafford has officially announced it is closing down". The Manc. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Trafford Park Line — Manchester Metrolink — LRTA". www.lrta.info. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  16. ↑ GM Trainspotting (22 March 2020). Metrolink Driver's Eye View - Trafford Park Line - Cornbrook to intu Trafford Centre . Retrieved 26 May 2024– via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "TRAFFORD PALAZZO ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Delays after taxi and tram collide | British Trams Online News". www.britishtramsonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  19. ↑ Vesty, Helena; Timan, Joseph (12 February 2025). "M66 and M60 traffic mayhem as crash sparks hour-long delays". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
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