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.
Crewe railway station serves the railway town of Crewe,in Cheshire,England. It opened in 1837 and is one of the most historically significant railway stations in the world.
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.
Horwich Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Horwich and suburb of Middlebrook in Greater Manchester,England. The station is 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Preston line. The station is close to Junction 6 of the M61 motorway. It has digital information displays.
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.
Heald Green railway station serves the suburb of Heald Green in Stockport,Greater Manchester,England.
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 serves the town of Wilmslow in Cheshire,England,12 miles (19 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
Hazel Grove railway station is a junction on both the Stockport to Buxton and Stockport to Sheffield lines,serving the village of Hazel Grove,Greater Manchester,England.
Levenshulme railway station is in Levenshulme,Manchester,England. The station is 3.1 miles (5 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport.
Leominster railway station lies on the Welsh Marches Line,serving the town of Leominster in Herefordshire,England. It is situated 11+1⁄4 miles (18.1 km) north of Hereford. The station has two operational platforms,for northbound services via Ludlow and southbound via Hereford;in the past,it had three more for discontinued services to Worcester and Kington.
Colwyn Bay railway station is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line serving the seaside town of Colwyn Bay in North Wales.
Burnage railway station serves the suburb of Burnage in south Manchester,England. It is a stop on the Styal Line between Manchester Piccadilly,Manchester Airport and Wilmslow. It caters mainly for commuter traffic,with regular services between Crewe,Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly.
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.
Holmes Chapel railway station serves the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire,England. It is located 8½ miles (14 km) north-east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
Sandbach railway station serves the town of Sandbach in Cheshire,England. The station is sited 4+3⁄4 miles (8 km) north-east of Crewe,on the Crewe to Manchester Line. Although the station is named Sandbach,it is located in the local residential suburb of Elworth on the A533 road,which links the town with Middlewich and Northwich.
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.
The Crewe–Manchester line is a railway line in North West England,running between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. It is a spur of the West Coast Main Line.
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