Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester,England. Opened 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 Manchester 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 in Stockport,Greater Manchester,England,is 6 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly on 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.
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 is in Wilmslow,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.
East Didsbury is a suburban railway station in south Manchester,England. On the Styal Line between Longsight and Wilmslow,it is served by Liverpool Lime Street-Manchester Airport and Crewe trains operated by Northern Trains,Llandudno - Manchester Airport services operated by Transport for Wales and some peak Manchester Airport services operated by TransPennine Express.
Burnage railway station is a railway station in south Manchester,England,in the suburb of Burnage on the Styal Line. The station is served by Manchester –Crewe Northern Trains stopping services to Manchester Airport. It caters mainly for commuter traffic,being electrified at 25 kV AC overhead,and is used by EMU traffic.
Mauldeth Road railway station is a suburban railway station serving the Ladybarn area of Manchester,England. It is the last station before Manchester Piccadilly on the Styal Line and was electrified in 1959. The station sits on the Styal Line to Manchester Airport,one of the most congested lines on the national rail network.
Styal railway station is near Manchester Airport in Cheshire,England.
Handforth railway station is in the town of Handforth in Cheshire,England. Opened in 1842,it is on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
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.
Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire,England. The station is on the Crewe to Manchester Line 10½ miles (16 km) north east of Crewe.
Holmes Chapel railway station serves the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire,England. The station is 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 4+3⁄4 miles (8 km) north-east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
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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