Manchester Victoria railway station

Manchester Victoria is a major interchange: 127 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 243 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	243	107	62
Rochdale	206	236	98
Salford Crescent	171	169	31
Salford Central	167	165	30
Todmorden	141	172	98
Huddersfield	125	110	86
York	106	2	3
Hebden Bridge	105	136	82
Hindley	104	102	15
Bolton	102	102	17
Blackburn	101	101	32
Wigan Wallgate	101	98	15
Dewsbury	96	0	1
Littleborough	79	79	47
Newton-le-Willows	76	78	35
Stalybridge	75	112	64
Bradford Interchange	73	103	58
Halifax	73	104	58
Liverpool Lime Street	73	48	38
Smithy Bridge	73	73	16
Sowerby Bridge	73	104	82
Atherton	70	68	15
Bramley	70	70	31
Daisy Hill	70	68	15
New Pudsey	70	71	58
Swinton (Manchester)	70	68	15
Walkden	70	68	15
Mytholmroyd	69	100	54
Hag Fold	67	65	15
Castleton	66	66	16
Ince	66	66	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
Lea Green	44	47	37
Manchester Piccadilly	43	41	27
Walsden	43	42	15
Brighouse	42	32	24

and 87 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 127, a drop of about 46%. Saturday runs to 115.

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.