Manchester Piccadilly railway station

Manchester Piccadilly is a major interchange: 341 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 475 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Manchester Piccadilly

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 301 more stations, each served less often.

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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: 268 stations instead of 341, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 316.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Manchester Piccadilly gains 8 destinations including Chirk, Ruabon, Wellington, Telford Central, Gobowen, Plymouth and loses 2 including Milford Haven, Johnston.

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

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More about this station on Wikipedia.