Manchester Oxford Road railway station
Manchester Oxford Road is a major interchange: 197 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 307 trains a day.
See Manchester Oxford Road on the map
Address: Oxford Road Station Approach, Manchester, M1 6FU
Manchester Oxford Road is the nearest station for postcodes in M2. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Manchester Oxford Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Piccadilly | 307 | 308 | 182 |
| Manchester Airport | 234 | 238 | 123 |
| Deansgate | 181 | 179 | 61 |
| Bolton | 155 | 161 | 62 |
| Preston | 137 | 133 | 67 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 133 | 135 | 84 |
| Warrington Central | 110 | 112 | 68 |
| Salford Crescent | 105 | 104 | 24 |
| Chorley | 99 | 101 | 41 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 96 | 99 | 68 |
| Birchwood | 84 | 85 | 50 |
| Horwich Parkway | 76 | 75 | 24 |
| Blackpool North | 75 | 73 | 24 |
| Earlestown | 75 | 76 | 47 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 75 | 73 | 24 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 75 | 76 | 47 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 75 | 73 | 24 |
| Irlam | 74 | 75 | 21 |
| Buckshaw Parkway | 73 | 72 | 24 |
| Urmston | 72 | 73 | 21 |
| Leyland | 71 | 69 | 24 |
| Lostock | 70 | 69 | 24 |
| East Didsbury | 69 | 72 | 31 |
| Edge Hill | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Heald Green | 67 | 71 | 49 |
| Stockport | 65 | 63 | 47 |
| Sheffield | 64 | 35 | 29 |
| Gatley | 62 | 65 | 17 |
| Lancaster | 62 | 59 | 40 |
| Adlington | 48 | 47 | 23 |
| Blackrod | 48 | 47 | 24 |
| Flixton | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Padgate | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Layton | 42 | 41 | 24 |
| Chester | 39 | 40 | 31 |
| Frodsham | 39 | 40 | 31 |
| Helsby | 39 | 40 | 31 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 39 | 37 | 27 |
| Runcorn East | 39 | 40 | 31 |
| Warrington West | 38 | 39 | 50 |
and 157 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Manchester Oxford Road is
6,392,614 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 78th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 957,922 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Manchester Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 684,634 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: 146 stations instead of 197, a drop of about 26%. Saturday runs to 181.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Manchester Oxford Road gains 6 destinations including Styal, Scarborough, Wilmslow, Seamer, Stalybridge, Malton and loses 6 including Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Prestbury, Adlington (Cheshire), Poynton, Macclesfield.
Nearest other stations
- Deansgate 0.4 miles
- Manchester Piccadilly 0.6 miles
- Salford Central 0.8 miles
- Manchester Victoria 1.0 miles
- Ardwick 1.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Manchester Oxford Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Manchester Central · 0.3 miles
- Manchester Liverpool Road · 0.7 miles
- Former Liverpool Road Railway Station Station Masters House · 0.7 miles
- Manchester Exchange · 0.9 miles
- Ancoats · 0.9 miles
- Ordsall Lane · 0.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.