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Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960.
The south side's services radiate from Manchester Piccadilly and run to Manchester Airport, south Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Leeds, North East England, London and other major destinations. [2] The region's rail network started to develop during the Industrial Revolution, when it was at the centre of a textile manufacturing boom. [5]
The first urban train station in the world Mayfield: Piccadilly London and North Western Railway: 1910 1960 (to passengers) 1986 (closed) 5 0 Located adjacent to Piccadilly. Station remains today and can be seen on approaching Piccadilly.
Gorton railway station serves the Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England.It is sited 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly.The station is a stop on the Glossop and Hope Valley lines; Northern Trains operate all services that stop here and also manage the station.
The IATA codes for railway stations normally begin with Q, X or Z, except when the station shares the code with an airport.For some smaller cities the railway station in the city has the same code as the airport outside the city (several kilometers distance).
Fairfield railway station serves the Fairfield area of Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester and is located 3.1 miles (5 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station.It was opened by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in 1892, when the Fallowfield Loop to Manchester Central opened; it replaced an earlier station that had opened on the line in 1841, west of the present site.
In January 2013, it was announced that an extended Manchester Piccadilly on the north side of the station would have been the new terminus for the cancelled High Speed 2 - as opposed to the south side where the disused Manchester Mayfield station is located. A 7.5 mi (12.1 km) tunnel would have been built under the dense districts of south ...
The station does not contain a ticket agent booth; passengers must purchase their tickets on board the train. As of February 16, 2024, Evanston Main Street is served by 59 trains (30 inbound, 29 outbound) on weekdays, by 24 trains (12 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.