Manchester Airport train station
Manchester Airport is a major interchange: 134 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Manchester Piccadilly, with 300 trains a day.
See Manchester Airport on the map
Address: Manchester, M90 3RR
Manchester Airport is the nearest station for postcodes in M90. Check your own postcode.
- 134 direct destinations
- 93rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 11 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Manchester Airport
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Piccadilly | 300 | 293 | 128 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 244 | 239 | 125 |
| Preston | 136 | 133 | 60 |
| Deansgate | 133 | 133 | 35 |
| Bolton | 124 | 131 | 55 |
| East Didsbury | 112 | 110 | 32 |
| Heald Green | 109 | 109 | 50 |
| Gatley | 103 | 103 | 44 |
| Chorley | 100 | 102 | 34 |
| Horwich Parkway | 77 | 76 | 19 |
| Buckshaw Parkway | 74 | 73 | 19 |
| Earlestown | 74 | 72 | 37 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 74 | 72 | 37 |
| Burnage | 73 | 73 | 18 |
| Blackpool North | 73 | 73 | 18 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 73 | 73 | 18 |
| Mauldeth Road | 73 | 73 | 18 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 73 | 73 | 18 |
| Salford Crescent | 73 | 73 | 19 |
| Lostock | 71 | 70 | 19 |
| Leyland | 70 | 69 | 19 |
| Lancaster | 62 | 59 | 38 |
| Adlington | 48 | 48 | 18 |
| Blackrod | 48 | 48 | 19 |
| Layton | 42 | 42 | 18 |
| Manchester Victoria | 42 | 38 | 28 |
| Leeds | 40 | 41 | 27 |
| York | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Chester | 38 | 36 | 21 |
| Frodsham | 38 | 36 | 21 |
| Helsby | 38 | 36 | 21 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 38 | 37 | 17 |
| Runcorn East | 38 | 36 | 21 |
| Broad Green | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Eccles | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Edge Hill | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Huyton | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Lea Green | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Patricroft | 36 | 36 | 16 |
and 94 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is on the Styal Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Manchester Airport station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Manchester Airport station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Manchester Airport station is
5,518,084 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 93rd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 21,499 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 1,479,290 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 98 stations instead of 134, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 123.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Manchester Airport gains 4 destinations including Morley, Cottingley, Batley, Darlington.
Nearest other stations
- Heald Green 1.5 miles
- Styal 1.8 miles
- Gatley 2.6 miles
- Handforth 2.7 miles
- Ashley 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Manchester Airport, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Manchester Interchange · 1.0 miles
- Northenden · 2.4 miles
- Baguley · 2.8 miles
- Cheadle · 3.1 miles
- Cheadle railway station (M&BR) · 3.3 miles
- Cheadle North · 3.4 miles
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Facilities at Manchester Airport station
Manchester Airport is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: every day: 06:30 to 22:30
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Manchester Airport station
- Manchester Airport Car Parks
Cycle parking: 50 spaces.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 May 2026.
Getting to Manchester Airport station
Manchester Airport station is in Manchester, North West, and is run by TransPennine Express.
The nearest motorway junction is M56 J5 (Airport), 0.9 miles north-west.
11 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Manchester Airport The Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Manchester Airport station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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