Manchester Victoria station

Manchester Victoria
Manchester Victoria
Station statistics
Address	England
Coordinates	53°29′14″N 2°14′33″W / 53.4872°N 2.2424°WCoordinates: 53°29′14″N 2°14′33″W / 53.4872°N 2.2424°W
Other information
Code	MCV
Fare zone	City (D)
Traffic
Passengers (2019/20)	9.571 million
Passengers (2020/21)	1.542 million
Passengers (2021/22)	5.820 million
Passengers (2022/23)	7.003 million
Passengers (2023/24)	7.662 million

Manchester Victoria station is a railway station and Metrolink tram stop in Manchester, England. It opened in 1844. It is Manchester's second busiest railway station after Piccadilly, and is the busiest station managed by Northern.^[1]

Railway service summary

Westbound services

1tph to Southport (via Bolton and Wigan Wallgate)
2tph to Wigan Wallgate via Atherton; 1tph continues to Headbolt Lane
1tph to Chester via Warrington Bank Quay
2tph to Blackburn via Bolton, 1tph continues to Clitheroe
1tph to Liverpool Lime Street (via Chat Moss line, express - limited stopping service also operates during peak hours)
1tph to Manchester Airport

Eastbound services

2tph to Rochdale (stopping)
3tph to Leeds via Rochdale, then 2 via Bradford Interchange & 1 via Brighouse
1tph to Blackburn via Rochdale & Todmorden
1tph to Stalybridge (stopping)
9tpd to Hull via Leeds
1tph to Newcastle via Leeds
1tph to Saltburn via Leeds

Preceding station		Following station
Manchester Oxford Road	TransPennine Express North TransPennine	Stalybridge
Terminus	{{{route}}}	Terminus
Newton-le-Willows	{{{route}}}	Terminus
Terminus	{{{route}}}	Huddersfield
Lea Green	{{{route}}}	Terminus
Terminus	{{{route}}}	Terminus
{{{previous}}}	{{{route1}}}	Moston
{{{previous}}}	{{{route2}}}	Rochdale
Terminus	Northern Huddersfield line	Ashton-under-Lyne
Salford Central	Northern Ribble Valley line	Terminus
Terminus	{{{route}}}	Moston
Salford Central		Terminus
Terminus		Terminus
Terminus		Terminus
Eccles	Northern Liverpool to Manchester Line	Terminus
Newton-le-Willows	Northern Chester to Leeds	Rochdale
	Historical Railways
Terminus	L&YR Caldervale Line	Miles Platting
Newton-le-Willows	L&YR Huddersfield Line	Rochdale
Manchester Exchange	London and North Western Railway Manchester-Liverpool Line	Terminus

Metrolink tram services

As of 2024, Metrolink services run through Victoria to Altrincham, Bury, Template:Tram, Template:Tram, Rochdale via Oldham, and Piccadilly. Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.^[2]^[3]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Adjacent stations/i18n' not found.

Manchester Victoria Station Media

Railway Clearing House map of central Manchester railways in 1910
Part of the original 1844 station building, photographed in 1989, originally it had a single storey, the second storey was added in the 1860s.
Platforms 11 (left) and 12 (right), looking west towards Manchester Exchange in 1964
The station's bay platforms 6–10 in 1968, only the two on the right still exist.
The former overhead parcels carrier system in 1914
Overlooking the station concourse in 2009 before re-development in 2014.
The station in 1988. Showing the former tracks, platforms and trainshed, which were removed to make way for the Manchester Arena
Completed new roof at Victoria in October 2015
Station concourse following completion of the new roof.
Layout map of Manchester Victoria