{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox station | style = Manchester Metrolink | name = Anchorage | type = Metrolink station | image = Anchorage tram stop - east side looking south 2.jpg | caption = Anchorage tram stop looking towards the Anchorage building in November 2018. | borough = {{Comma separated entries|Salford Quays|Salford}} | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.47433|-2.28601|type:railwaystation_region:GB-SLF|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = Grid reference | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ811975|25|SJ811975}} | line = Eccles Line | status = In operation | zone = 2 | opened = 6 December 1999 | opening = | original = Metrolink | platforms = 2 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{maplink|from=Manchester Metrolink.map|zoom=13|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|type2=point|marker2=rail-light|marker-color2={{rcr|Manchester Metrolink}}}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Manchester Eccles Metrolink line}} }} '''Anchorage tram stop''' is on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, in the Salford Quays area, in North West England. It opened on 6 December 1999<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline — Manchester Metrolink — LRTA |url=https://lrta.info/archive/Manchester/timeline.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=lrta.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eccles : Routes : Metrolink : TheTrams.co.uk |url=https://www.thetrams.co.uk/metrolink/eccles/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.thetrams.co.uk}}</ref> as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion, next to The Anchorage skyscraper that was constructed in 1991, and near the terminus of Salford's old Dock 9.
==Services== {{Salford_Lines|collapse=yes}} {{Adjacent stations|noclear=y |system1=Manchester Metrolink |line1=blue|left1=Harbour City|right1=Salford Quays |line2=blue2|left2=Harbour City|right2=Salford Quays |line3=orange|left3=Harbour City|right3=Salford Quays }}
==Connecting bus routes== Anchorage tram stop is served by Diamond Bus North West services 29, 73 & 79, Go North West Orbits 53, travelling between Cheetham Hill & Salford Shopping Centre and Stagecoach Manchester service 50, linking Salford Shopping Centre in Pendleton, Salford Crescent railway station, Salford University, Salford Central railway station, Manchester and East Didsbury with Salford Quays and MediaCityUK.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Pages/Network-maps.aspx |title = Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps |publisher = Transport for Greater Manchester |access-date = 10 September 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102050148/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Pages/Network-maps.aspx |archive-date = 2 November 2012 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.stagecoachbus.com/CityConnect-50.aspx |title=City Connect 50 |publisher=Stagecoach Bus |access-date=10 September 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/anchorage-tram Anchorage Stop Information] *[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/anchorage-tram/local-map Anchorage area map] {{Greater Manchester Metrolink stations}}
Category:Tram stops in Salford Category:Salford Quays
{{UK-tram-stub}} Category:Tram stops on the MediaCityUK – Etihad Campus route Category:Tram stops on the Eccles – Ashton route Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1999