Metrolink Trafford Park Line, Wharfside
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Metrolink Trafford Park Line, Wharfside
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 1 Jul 2020
Wharfside is the first tram stop on the Trafford Park Line, after leaving the Eccles/MediaCityUK line at Pomona. The Wharfside stop is located on Trafford Wharf Road, next to the Manchester Ship Canal and close to Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium. A map of proposed network development, published in 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121115073720/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Documents/network-map-with-new-extensions.pdf , showed the station’s name as “Manchester United”. It opened, along with the remaining stops on the extension, on 22 March 2020.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.466243
Longitude
-2.287969