Manchester Victoria railway station

Manchester Victoria is a major interchange: 132 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Leeds, with 247 trains a day.

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Manchester Victoria is the nearest station for postcodes in M60, M61, M8. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Manchester Victoria

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Leeds	247	105	63
Rochdale	206	237	98
Salford Crescent	171	170	31
Salford Central	167	166	30
Todmorden	141	173	98
Huddersfield	126	108	88
York	110	0	5
Hebden Bridge	105	137	82
Hindley	104	103	15
Bolton	102	102	17
Blackburn	101	101	32
Wigan Wallgate	101	99	15
Dewsbury	100	1	1
Littleborough	79	80	47
Newton-le-Willows	76	76	34
Liverpool Lime Street	75	45	37
Stalybridge	75	110	62
Bradford Interchange	73	104	58
Halifax	73	104	58
Smithy Bridge	73	74	16
Sowerby Bridge	73	105	82
Atherton	70	69	15
Bramley	70	70	30
Daisy Hill	70	69	15
New Pudsey	70	72	57
Swinton (Manchester)	70	69	15
Walkden	70	69	15
Mytholmroyd	69	101	54
Hag Fold	67	66	15
Castleton	66	66	16
Ince	66	67	15
Mills Hill	66	66	16
Moston	66	66	16
Bromley Cross	65	65	16
Darwen	65	65	16
Hall i' th' Wood	65	65	16
Brighouse	44	33	24
Lea Green	44	45	36
Walsden	43	43	15
Manchester Piccadilly	40	41	27

and 92 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Manchester Victoria is

8,378,502 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 57th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,183,890 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Manchester Victoria and Leeds than any other pair: 1,074,260 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: 68 stations instead of 132, a drop of about 48%. Saturday runs to 112.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Manchester Victoria loses 5 including Urmston, Irlam, Birchwood, Warrington Central, Liverpool South Parkway.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Manchester Victoria, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Manchester Exchange · 0.2 miles
Manchester Victoria Reversing Sidings · 0.3 miles
Manchester Oldham Road · 0.6 miles
Manchester Central · 0.8 miles
Former Liverpool Road Railway Station Station Masters House · 1.0 miles
Manchester Liverpool Road · 1.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.