Manchester Piccadilly railway station
Manchester Piccadilly is a major interchange: 340 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Stockport, with 469 trains a day.
See Manchester Piccadilly on the map
Manchester Piccadilly is the nearest station for postcodes in M1, M4. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Manchester Piccadilly
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockport | 469 | 454 | 233 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 310 | 308 | 182 |
| Manchester Airport | 300 | 292 | 126 |
| Wilmslow | 164 | 167 | 65 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 160 | 148 | 84 |
| Heaton Chapel | 138 | 133 | 15 |
| Preston | 138 | 135 | 61 |
| Levenshulme | 137 | 133 | 15 |
| Macclesfield | 135 | 125 | 67 |
| Deansgate | 134 | 134 | 36 |
| Ashburys | 131 | 127 | 36 |
| Crewe | 131 | 133 | 67 |
| Bolton | 124 | 131 | 56 |
| Romiley | 116 | 110 | 19 |
| East Didsbury | 112 | 110 | 32 |
| Guide Bridge | 112 | 111 | 35 |
| Heald Green | 109 | 109 | 50 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 103 | 103 | 17 |
| Gatley | 103 | 103 | 18 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 103 | 104 | 64 |
| Sheffield | 103 | 101 | 74 |
| Chorley | 100 | 102 | 35 |
| London Euston | 96 | 86 | 66 |
| Alderley Edge | 94 | 97 | 19 |
| Stafford | 93 | 90 | 59 |
| Huddersfield | 83 | 55 | 27 |
| Horwich Parkway | 77 | 76 | 20 |
| Chester | 76 | 76 | 45 |
| Earlestown | 76 | 76 | 47 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 76 | 76 | 47 |
| York | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| Bredbury | 75 | 70 | 19 |
| Brinnington | 75 | 70 | 19 |
| Hazel Grove | 75 | 71 | 16 |
| Marple | 75 | 70 | 19 |
| New Mills Central | 75 | 70 | 19 |
| Reddish North | 75 | 70 | 19 |
| Blackpool North | 74 | 74 | 20 |
| Buckshaw Parkway | 74 | 73 | 20 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 74 | 74 | 20 |
and 300 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Manchester Piccadilly is
27,401,610 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 15th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 2,144,028 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston than any other pair: 3,563,372 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: 266 stations instead of 340, a drop of about 22%. Saturday runs to 319.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Manchester Piccadilly gains 10 destinations including Chirk, Ruabon, Morley, Cottingley, Gobowen, Plymouth and loses 3 including Milford Haven, Johnston, Derby.
Nearest other stations
- Manchester Oxford Road 0.6 miles
- Ardwick 0.8 miles
- Deansgate 0.9 miles
- Manchester Victoria 0.9 miles
- Salford Central 1.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Manchester Piccadilly, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ancoats · 0.3 miles
- Manchester Oldham Road · 0.7 miles
- Manchester Central · 0.7 miles
- Manchester Victoria Reversing Sidings · 0.9 miles
- Manchester Exchange · 0.9 miles
- Manchester Liverpool Road · 1.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.