MediaCityUK Metrolink station
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MediaCityUK tram stop in December 2010
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 MediaCityUK
Location of MediaCityUK in Greater Manchester
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| Location | |
| Place | MediaCityUK |
| Local authority | City of Salford |
| Coordinates | 53°28′19″N 2°17′52″W / 53.4719°N 2.2978°WCoordinates: 53°28′19″N 2°17′52″W / 53.4719°N 2.2978°W |
| Grid reference | SJ803973 |
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| Metrolink Zone | H |
| Present status | In operation |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 September 2010 |
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MediaCityUK tram stop is a stop on Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located in MediaCityUK, in Salford, North West England, and serves MediaCityUK, The Lowry, the Imperial War Museum North and other parts of Salford Quays. It opened on 20 September 2010, as the terminus of a specially-constructed 360-metre-long spur (0.22 mi) from the Eccles Line.
MediaCityUK is a development within Salford Quays, on the site of the former Manchester Docks. When an active port, the quays were served by numerous railway goods lines.
The Metrolink's extension into Salford Quays is part of a programme of urban renewal for the area around the Manchester Ship Canal. Plans for a light rail system into Salford Quays have existed since around 1987, initially as far as Broadway; the proposals evolved, with plans for a branch line to serve the Lowry arts centre. The MediaCity extension replaced that proposal.
Services to the station were suspended following an incident at the Harbour City crossover on the second day of operation. A driver reversed after only partially passing over spring-loaded points causing the tram to straddle two tracks and hit a central support column.
The station is served by a dedicated Piccadilly - MediaCityUK service. The plan is to have the station served by a short service to Cornbrook when a reversal siding has been commissioned and the tram management system (TMS) is in operation between Deansgate-Castlefield and Trafford Bar.
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