Manchester Piccadilly station facts for kids

Manchester Piccadilly station is a really important railway station in Manchester, England. It's like a big hub where trains come and go, connecting Manchester to many other cities. You can catch trains here to places like London Euston, Birmingham, South Wales, and even Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland. It also has routes all over Northern England.

This station is one of the 18 main railway stations looked after by Network Rail in Britain. It's the biggest and busiest of the five train stations in Manchester city centre. The other stations are Manchester Victoria, Salford Central, Deansgate, and Manchester Oxford Road. Manchester Piccadilly is the busiest station in England outside of London for how many passengers use it. It's also the second busiest station in the whole United Kingdom outside London. In 2007, a survey found that 92% of passengers were happy with the station. That's a lot higher than the national average of 60%!

A TransPennine Express train leaving Manchester Piccadilly, heading towards Manchester Airport.

Images for kids

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  A map from 1910 showing railways in Manchester.

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  A colourful old postcard of London Road station around 1905.

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  The station building from the 1860s, which was used until the 1960s.

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  A 1915 map showing London Road and Mayfield stations.

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  Inside the old train shed from the Victorian era.

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  Building platforms 13 and 14 in 1959. The station was renamed Piccadilly when it opened.

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  Piccadilly station in 1989. The main concourse building opened in 1966 and was updated in 2002.

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  The main entrance to the station after its update in 2002.

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  One of the four arched roofs of the train shed, built in the 1860s and 1880s.

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  The Fairfield Street entrance. The train platforms inside are level with the brown brickwork.

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  Shops and food places on the station concourse.

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  Layout plan of Piccadilly station and nearby streets.

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  An Arriva Trains Wales Class 175 train at Piccadilly.

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  A TransPennine Express Class 185 train at Piccadilly.

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  A Virgin Trains Pendolino train service at Piccadilly.

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  A Northern rail Class 323 train at Piccadilly.

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  A CrossCountry Voyager train at Piccadilly.

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  An East Midlands Trains Express Sprinter train at Piccadilly.

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  A tram entering Piccadilly from London Road. The tram station is below the train platforms.

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  A map showing how Piccadilly station might be expanded for the HS2 project.

See also

In Spanish: Estación de Mánchester Piccadilly para niños