Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly station is the main railway station of Manchester, England. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, South Wales and the south coast of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central in Scotland, and routes throughout Northern England. One of 18 British railway stations managed by Network Rail, it is the largest and busiest of the five city centre railway stations in Central Manchester/Salford. The others are Manchester Victoria, Salford Central, Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road.
Piccadilly is the busiest station in England outside of London for passenger usage, and the second busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London.[1] According to an independent poll carried out in 2007, Manchester Piccadilly has the highest customer satisfaction level of any UK station, with 92% of passengers satisfied with the station; the national average was 60%.[2]
Manchester Piccadilly Station Media
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A 1910 Railway Clearing House junction diagram showing railways in Manchester
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Colourised postcard of the frontage of London Road station c. 1905
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The 1860s station building, which lasted until the 1960s
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1915 map showing London Road and Mayfield stations
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Interior of the Victorian train shed.
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Construction of platforms 13 and 14 in 1959. Upon opening the station was renamed Piccadilly.
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Piccadilly station in 1989, with the concourse building opened in 1966, this was later redeveloped in 2002.
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The post-2002 main entrance to the station
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One of the train shed's four arched roofs from the 1860s and 1880s.
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Fairfield Street entrance, the platforms inside are level with the brown brickwork
References
- ↑ "Station Usage 2007-2008", Office of Rail Regulation station usage statistics, archived from the original (xls) on 2010-11-11, retrieved 2 June 2009
- ↑ Revamped station tops train poll, BBC NEWS, 2 August 2007, retrieved 17 September 2008
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Manchester Piccadilly station at Wikimedia Commons
