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Metrolink : Tram Stops : Pomona

Line	Location	Opening date	number of platforms
Eccles	Reserved track	6th December 1999	2 island platform

Pomona, on the Eccles extension, is Metrolink's only elevated tram stop, sitting at the end of the viaduct over the Manchester Ship Canal. The stop serves an area around the former Pomona Docks, which is to be redeveloped.

Pictures

Pomona tram stop, looking towards the city

09/10/2004 • 000890

Staircase at Pomona—there is a lift shaft at the other end of the platform. A Manchester-bound tram sits in the platform—the driver is walking to the front to attend to a mirror that has failed to retract

09/10/2004 • 000891

View of the elevated Pomona tram stop from the ground. This sort of view is familiar to those who use the Docklands Light Railway, but this is Metrolink's only elevated stop

09/10/2004 • 000892

Overall view of Pomona stop, showing its elevated position alongside the Bridgewater Canal (on the right). Just off-camera to the left is the Manchester Ship Canal crossing

21/02/2006 • 002636

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Location

Street map

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Services and diagram

Services from this stop:

Eccles