Yellow Line
Eccles to MediaCityUK to Piccadilly · 16 stops · about 36 minutes end to end
About the Yellow Line
The Yellow Line runs between Eccles and MediaCityUK and Piccadilly, calling at 16 stops. End to end it takes about 36 minutes.
This is the one line on the network where not every tram goes the whole way. Three patterns run:
- MediaCityUK to Piccadilly — 45% of journeys
- Piccadilly to MediaCityUK — 44% of journeys
- Eccles to Piccadilly — 24% of journeys
- Piccadilly to Eccles — 24% of journeys
- MediaCityUK to Eccles — 22% of journeys
- Eccles to MediaCityUK — 22% of journeys
MediaCityUK sits on a short spur, and more trams turn there than run through to Eccles. If you are heading beyond MediaCityUK, check the destination on the front of the tram.
It shares track or platforms with Blue Line, Green Line, Navy Line, Pink Line, Purple Line and Red Line at 6 of its stops, so a lot of journeys that look like a change are really just a different tram from the same platform.
Towards Eccles
Every stop in order, with how long the tram has been running by the time it gets there.
- Exchange Quay18 min
- Salford Quays20 min
- Anchorage22 min
- Harbour City24 min
- Broadway26 min
- Langworthy28 min
- Weaste30 min
- Ladywell33 min
- Eccles34 min
Towards Piccadilly
Every stop in order, with how long the tram has been running by the time it gets there.
- Eccles0 min
- Ladywell2 min
- Weaste4 min
- Langworthy7 min
- Broadway9 min
- Harbour City11 min
- Anchorage12 min
- Salford Quays15 min
- Exchange Quay18 min
Journey times from Eccles
Minutes from the first stop of the route, taken from the timetable itself rather than estimated.
First and last tram at every stop
Towards Eccles. The other direction is on the timetable page.
| Stop | Monday to Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | last | first | last | first | last | first | last | |
| Piccadilly | 05:50 | 00:20+1 | 05:50 | 01:20+1 | 05:49 | 01:19+1 | 06:50 | 00:14+1 |
| Piccadilly Gardens | 05:53 | 00:23+1 | 05:53 | 01:23+1 | 05:52 | 01:22+1 | 06:53 | 00:17+1 |
| St Peter's Square | 05:56 | 00:26+1 | 05:56 | 01:26+1 | 05:55 | 01:25+1 | 06:56 | 00:20+1 |
| Deansgate-Castlefield | 05:18 | 00:49+1 | 05:18 | 01:49+1 | 05:18 | 01:49+1 | 06:18 | 00:34+1 |
| Cornbrook | 05:22 | 00:52+1 | 05:22 | 01:52+1 | 05:22 | 01:52+1 | 06:22 | 00:37+1 |
| Pomona | 05:24 | 23:49 | 05:24 | 00:49+1 | 05:24 | 00:48+1 | 06:24 | 23:34 |
| Exchange Quay | 05:27 | 23:52 | 05:27 | 00:52+1 | 05:27 | 00:51+1 | 06:27 | 23:37 |
| Salford Quays | 05:29 | 23:54 | 05:29 | 00:54+1 | 05:29 | 00:53+1 | 06:29 | 23:39 |
| Anchorage | 05:31 | 23:57 | 05:31 | 00:57+1 | 05:31 | 00:56+1 | 06:31 | 23:42 |
| Harbour City | 05:33 | 23:59 | 05:33 | 00:59+1 | 05:33 | 00:58+1 | 06:33 | 23:44 |
| Broadway | 05:35 | 00:05+1 | 05:35 | 01:05+1 | 05:35 | 01:05+1 | 06:35 | 23:50 |
| Langworthy | 05:37 | 00:07+1 | 05:37 | 01:07+1 | 05:37 | 01:07+1 | 06:37 | 23:52 |
| Weaste | 05:39 | 00:09+1 | 05:39 | 01:09+1 | 05:39 | 01:09+1 | 06:39 | 23:54 |
| Ladywell | 05:42 | 00:12+1 | 05:42 | 01:12+1 | 05:42 | 01:12+1 | 06:42 | 23:57 |
| Eccles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
A +1 means the tram leaves after midnight — it still belongs to the previous day’s service. The full timetable has every departure, not just the first and the last.
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Questions about the Yellow Line
About 36 minutes between Eccles and MediaCityUK and Piccadilly, from the operator’s timetable.
Every 8 minutes monday to thursday. Where it shares track with another line you will see a tram more often than that.
Yes, with a slightly shorter day: the Sunday timetable starts later and finishes earlier than the rest of the week.
No. Fewer than a quarter of them do. Most turn at MediaCityUK, which is on a short spur. Check the destination display before you board.
On this page
Tram times on this page come from the Traveline National Dataset (TransXChange, Open Government Licence v3.0); stop names and coordinates from NaPTAN, the Department for Transport stop register. Manchester Metrolink is an independent guide: it is not run by Metrolink or Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and has no connection with either. Check tfgm.com before you travel.