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.
Manchester Victoria station in Manchester,England,is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank,close to Manchester Cathedral,it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s. Opened in 1844 and part of the Manchester station group,Manchester Victoria is Manchester's second busiest railway station after Piccadilly,and is the busiest station managed by Northern.
Manchester Oxford Road railway station is a railway station in Manchester,England,at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960. It is the third busiest of the four stations in Manchester city centre.
Blackpool North station is the main railway station serving the seaside resort of Blackpool in Lancashire,England. It is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line and is 17+1⁄2 miles (28 km) northwest of Preston. It also has an adjacent tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.
Chorley railway station serves the town of Chorley in Lancashire,England. Since 2004 it has been linked with Chorley Interchange bus and coach station. It is on the Manchester–Preston line.
Southport railway station serves the town of Southport,Merseyside,England. The station is the terminal of the electricified Southport branch of the Northern Line of the electric Merseyrail network and the diesel-operated Manchester-Southport Line. It is the fourth busiest station on the Merseyrail network. The station and services to Liverpool and Hunts Cross are operated by Merseyrail,with Manchester services operated by Northern Trains.
Wigan North Western railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan,Greater Manchester,England.
Wigan Wallgate railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan in Greater Manchester,England. The station serves two routes,the Manchester-Southport Line and the Manchester-Kirkby Line. It is 16 miles north-west of Manchester Victoria. The station is managed by Northern Trains,who operate all trains serving it.
Meols Cop railway station serves the Blowick suburb of the coastal town of Southport,Merseyside,England. The station has an island platform and is served by Northern Trains‘Manchester Victoria/Manchester Piccadilly - Southport via Wigan Wallgate branch services,on which it is the last stop before the terminus.
Bolton Interchange is a transport interchange combining Bolton railway station and Bolton Bus Station in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester,England. The station is located on the Manchester to Preston line and the Ribble Valley line,and is managed by Northern Trains. The station is 11+1⁄4 miles (18.1 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly. Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.
The Manchester–Preston line runs from the city of Manchester to Preston,Lancashire,England. It is largely used by commuters entering Manchester from surrounding suburbs and cities,but is also one of the main railway lines in the North West and is utilised by TransPennine Express regional services and to Scotland. It was announced in December 2009 that the line would be electrified,following an announcement in July 2009 that the Chat Moss line between Manchester and Liverpool was to be electrified first. The electrification work for this line commenced in May 2015 and was due for completion in May 2018,but was delayed until December 2018.
Wavertree Technology Park railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool,at the western end of Olive Mount cutting,on the original Liverpool-Manchester line. The station opened on 13 August 2000,at a cost of £2 million. Train services are operated by Northern Trains.
Salford Central railway station is in the city of Salford,Greater Manchester,England,close to Spinningfields and Deansgate. It is served by trains to and from Manchester Victoria,towards Rochdale and Wigan Wallgate.
The Manchester–Southport line is a railway line in the north-west of England,operated by Northern Trains. It was originally built as the Manchester and Southport Railway. The section between Wigan and Salford is also known locally as the Atherton Line.
Huyton railway station serves Huyton in Merseyside,England. The station is an interchange between the Liverpool-Wigan Line and the northern route of the Liverpool-Manchester Line which diverge soon after the station. It is one of the busier stations on the lines and close to the shopping centre and bus station.
Hindley railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Hindley in Greater Manchester,England. It is on the Manchester to Southport line,west of where the route branches to use either the Atherton line or the Eastern Branch line via Westhoughton,Lostock and Bolton.
Westhoughton railway station is one of the two stations which serve the town of Westhoughton,in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton,Greater Manchester,north-western England. The station is 15+1⁄2 miles (24.9 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly.
Walkden railway station serves the town of Walkden in City of Salford,Greater Manchester,England on the Manchester to Southport Line. The station is located 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) north-west of Manchester with regular Northern Trains services to these towns as well as the city of Salford,Swinton and Hindley. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Windsor Link is a 700-metre railway line in Salford,Greater Manchester that connects Salford Crescent and Manchester Deansgate stations. It was opened by British Rail in May 1988,and came into full use in 1989. This link allows services from the Manchester–Preston line and the Manchester–Southport line,from the north-west of Manchester to directly access Manchester Piccadilly station:Before the link was opened,services from these lines could only run into Manchester Victoria,although indirect access for services from Wigan or Preston to Manchester Piccadilly had been possible via the West Coast Main Line's connection to the Chat Moss route;the northern route of the Liverpool-Manchester lines.
The North West Route Utilisation Strategy (NWRUS) is a Route Utilisation Strategy,published by Network Rail in May 2007. It was the fifth RUS to be produced. It was included in a map published by the Office of Rail Regulation as established in May 2007. It was the first of no fewer than 5 RUSs which cover specific routes in the north-west of England;the others are the Lancashire &Cumbria RUS,the Yorkshire &Humber RUS,the Merseyside RUS,and the West Coast Main Line RUS. In particular it "broadly covers the Manchester journey to work area,the City lines into Liverpool Lime Street and routes from Manchester to Kirkby,Southport and Blackpool",corresponding to Network Rail's then Route 20 - North West Urban.
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