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Manchester Piccadilly station - Monday schedule

LineDirectionTime
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSScarborough04:22
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSGlasgow Central04:57
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSManchester Airport04:59
NORTHERNBlackpool North05:04
AVANTI WEST COASTLondon Euston05:05
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSManchester Airport05:08
CROSSCOUNTRYBournemouth05:11
NORTHERNCrewe05:23
NORTHERNHadfield05:32
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSLeeds05:35
TRANSPORT FOR WALESLlandudno05:42
NORTHERNStoke-On-Trent05:43
NORTHERNSheffield05:46
NORTHERNBarrow-In-Furness05:49
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSManchester Airport05:50
NORTHERNHadfield05:52
NORTHERNLiverpool Lime Street05:54
AVANTI WEST COASTLondon Euston05:55
TRANSPORT FOR WALESManchester Airport05:57
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSSaltburn05:58
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSMarsden06:00
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESSHuddersfield06:00
NORTHERNBlackpool North06:02
AVANTI WEST COASTLondon Euston06:03
NORTHERNCrewe06:06

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The following transport lines have routes that pass near Manchester Piccadilly

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Bus stations near Manchester Piccadilly

  • Minshull Street South (Stop B),1 min walk,
  • Piccadilly (Stop Eq),1 min walk,
  • Minshull Street,2 min walk,
  • Sackville Gardens,3 min walk,

Light Rail stations near Manchester Piccadilly

  • Market Street (Manchester Metrolink),6 min walk,
  • Piccadilly Gardens (Manchester Metrolink),6 min walk,

Bus routes to Manchester Piccadilly

  • X92,Hazel Grove - Manchester,
  • 192,Manchester - Hazel Grove,
  • 201,Hattersley - Manchester,
  • 201N,Hyde - Manchester,
  • 202,Hyde - Manchester,
  • 203,Stockport - Manchester,
  • 205,Denton - Manchester,
  • 219,Ashton Under Lyne - Manchester,
  • 221,Dukinfield - Manchester,
  • 719,Denton - Manchester,
  • 220,Stalybridge,
  • 1,Spinningfields,
  • 2,Shudehill,
  • 147,West Didsbury,
Questions & Answers
  • What are the nearest stations to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The nearest stations to Manchester Piccadilly are:

    • Minshull Street South (Stop B) is 29 meters away, 1 min walk.
    • Piccadilly (Stop Eq) is 52 meters away, 1 min walk.
    • Minshull Street is 84 meters away, 2 min walk.
    • Sackville Gardens is 187 meters away, 3 min walk.
    • Market Street (Manchester Metrolink) is 375 meters away, 6 min walk.
    • Piccadilly Gardens (Manchester Metrolink) is 437 meters away, 6 min walk.
  • Which bus lines stop near Manchester Piccadilly?

    These bus lines stop near Manchester Piccadilly: 101, 219, 33, 35, 41, 42B, 83, 84

  • Which train lines stop near Manchester Piccadilly?

    These train lines stop near Manchester Piccadilly: NORTHERN

  • Which light rail lines stop near Manchester Piccadilly?

    These light rail lines stop near Manchester Piccadilly: BLUE LINE, NAVY LINE, PURPLE LINE

  • What’s the nearest light rail station to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The nearest light rail stations to Manchester Piccadilly are Market Street (Manchester Metrolink) and Piccadilly Gardens (Manchester Metrolink). The closest one is a 6 min walk away.

  • What’s the nearest bus stop to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The nearest bus stops to Manchester Piccadilly are Minshull Street South (Stop B) and Piccadilly (Stop Eq). The closest one is a 1 min walk away.

  • What time is the first light rail to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The BLUE LINE is the first light rail that goes to Manchester Piccadilly. It stops nearby at 06:15.

  • What time is the last light rail to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The BLUE LINE is the last light rail that goes to Manchester Piccadilly. It stops nearby at 00:48.

  • What time is the first bus to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The 192 is the first bus that goes to Manchester Piccadilly. It stops nearby at 03:00.

  • What time is the last bus to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The 192 is the last bus that goes to Manchester Piccadilly. It stops nearby at 00:08.

  • How much is the train fare to Manchester Piccadilly?

    The train fare to Manchester Piccadilly costs about £3.50 - £29.90.

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The station has the following entrances: London Rd and Ducie St

The first line to this station is TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS, at 04:22, and the last line is TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS at 02:44.

This station serves National Rail and National Rail’s lines

Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester PiccadillyManchester 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 (numbers 13 and 14). Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft. Piccadilly is the busiest station in the Manchester station group with over 30 million passenger entries and exits between April 2019 and March 2020 (the other major stations in Manchester are Oxford Road and Victoria). As of March 2020, it is the third-busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London (after Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central), and is also the fourth-busiest interchange station outside London, with over 2 million passengers changing trains annually. The station hosts services from six train operating companies. Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Piccadilly station was refurbished, taking five years and costing £100 million (in 2002); it was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. Further improvements and expansion plans have been proposed. In December 2014, a Transport and Works Act application was submitted for the construction of two through platforms as part of the Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme. As of 2023, this application has not been approved by the incumbent government although Network Rail declared the Castlefield corridor through Manchester 'congested' in September 2019.A new Manchester Piccadilly High Speed station is planned to be built on a viaduct parallel to the north side of the existing station. The station will have six platforms (three islands) for both terminating High Speed 2 trains from London and Birmingham as well as Northern Powerhouse Rail trains to Liverpool, Warrington, Huddersfield, Leeds and beyond. The present Piccadilly Metrolink stop is proposed to be relocated from ground-level below the existing station platforms to a new larger four-platform stop located underground below the high speed station. Provision for a second ground-level Metrolink stop at the eastern end of the high speed station to service future Metrolink extensions, to be called Piccadilly Central, also form part of the plans. A hybrid bill was laid in Parliament on 24 January 2022 seeking powers to permit construction of the scheme.
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