Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester,in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester,England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842,it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of the city centre,it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London,Birmingham,Nottingham,Glasgow,Edinburgh,Cardiff,Bristol,Exeter,Plymouth,Reading,Southampton and Bournemouth;regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool,Leeds,Sheffield,Newcastle and York;and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms:12 terminal and two through platforms. Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Stockport railway station serves the large market and industrial town of Stockport in Greater Manchester,England. It is located 6 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly,on a spur of the West Coast Main Line to London Euston.
Manchester Airport station is a railway,tram,bus and coach station at Manchester Airport,England which opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993. The station is 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly,at the end of a short branch from the Styal line via a triangular junction between Heald Green and Styal stations. Manchester Metrolink tram services were extended to the airport in 2014 and operate to Manchester Victoria.
Gatley railway station is on the Styal Line in Greater Manchester,England. It serves the village of Gatley in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
The Styal line is a suburban commuter railway line which runs through south Manchester,England;it commences at Slade Lane Junction,1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly,and ends 12 miles (19 km) south at Wilmslow.
Wilmslow railway station is in Wilmslow,Cheshire,England,12 miles (19 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
Mauldeth Road railway station serves the Ladybarn area of south Manchester,England. It is the first stop after Manchester Piccadilly on the Styal Line to Manchester Airport and Wilmslow,one of the most congested lines on the National Rail network;it was electrified in 1959.
Styal railway station serves the village of Styal in Cheshire,England. It is a stop on the Styal Line,which links Manchester Piccadilly,Manchester Airport and Wilmslow.
Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge in Cheshire,England. The station is 13¾ miles (22 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
Northwich railway station serves the town of Northwich in Cheshire,England. The station has two platforms in use. It is located on the Mid-Cheshire line 28+1⁄4 miles (45.5 km) southwest of Manchester Piccadilly.
Altrincham Interchange is a transport hub in Altrincham,Greater Manchester,England. It consists of a bus station on Stamford New Road,a Northern Trains-operated heavy rail station on the Mid-Cheshire Line,and a light rail stop which forms the terminus of Manchester Metrolink's Altrincham line. The original heavy rail element of the station was opened by the Manchester,South Junction and Altrincham Railway as Altrincham and Bowdon railway station in April 1881,changing to Altrincham railway station in May 1974. The Metrolink element opened in June 1992. The Interchange underwent a complete redevelopment,at a cost of £19 million,starting in mid-July 2013. The new bus station opened officially on 7 December 2014.
The Mid-Cheshire line is a railway line in the north-west of England that runs from Chester to Edgeley Junction,Stockport;it connects Chester with Manchester Piccadilly,via Knutsford. After Chester Northgate closed in 1969,the section between Mickle Trafford Junction and Chester was used for freight trains only until it closed in 1992;from Mickle Trafford,passenger trains use the Chester–Warrington line to Chester General instead. The route taken by passenger trains has changed over the years and now differs considerably from the original. Between 2001 and 2014,passenger journeys on the line increased to over 1.7 million per year. A near doubling of the passenger service was expected to occur from December 2018,however this did not materialise.
West Didsbury is a tram stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 23 May 2013,in West Didsbury,South Manchester,England.
Didsbury railway station is a former station in Didsbury,in the southern suburbs of Manchester,England,United Kingdom. The station was located on Wilmslow Road,just north of the junction with Barlow Moor Road and opposite Didsbury Library. Nothing now remains of the old station buildings,which have been demolished,but the surviving white Portland stone clock tower is a local landmark. Didsbury is now served by Didsbury Village tram stop which is close to the site of the former railway station.
Withington is a tram stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It is located on the west side of Princess Road on the fringe of Withington in south Manchester,England.
Burton Road is a stop on the South Manchester Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located on Burton Road,on the border of the suburbs of Withington and West Didsbury in Manchester,England.
Withington and West Didsbury railway station is a former station in West Didsbury,in the southern suburbs of Manchester,England,United Kingdom. The station was located on Lapwing Lane,close to the junction with Palatine Road and opposite Withington Town Hall. Nothing now remains of the old station buildings,which have been demolished. West Didsbury is now served by West Didsbury tram stop which is approximately 85 metres (279 ft) further down the line from the original railway station.
The South Manchester Line (SML) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Manchester,England,running from Manchester city centre to Didsbury. The line opened as far as St. Werburgh's Road in 2011 and then to East Didsbury in 2013 as part of phase three of the system's expansion,along a former railway trackbed.
The Manchester South District Railway (MSDR) was a British railway company that was formed in 1873. It was formed by a group of landowners and businessmen in the south of Manchester,England,with the purpose of building a new railway line through the city's southern suburbs.
This is a list of confirmed or proposed future developments of the Manchester Metrolink light rail system in Greater Manchester,England.
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