page_title: Manchester Piccadilly station
section_title: Layout
hierarchical_section_title: Manchester Piccadilly station / Layout
caption_attribution_description: Plan of Manchester Piccadilly station. This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
context_page_description: Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city centre, it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Reading, Southampton and Bournemouth; regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York; and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms: 12 terminal and 2 through platforms. Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
  Piccadilly is the busiest station in the Manchester station group with over 30 million passenger entries and exits between April 2018 and March 2019. It is the fourth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London. The station hosts services from six train operating companies.
context_section_description: Platform 1 is on the north side of the station and the through platforms 13 and 14 are on the south side. Of the terminus platforms,
  Platforms 1-4 are typically used by eastbound services to Rose Hill, New Mills and Sheffield via the Hope Valley Line, services on the Glossop Line, and TransPennine Express services.
  Platforms 5-9 are the longest and are used mainly by Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry services.
  Platforms 10-12 are considerably shorter than the others and are usually used to accommodate local trains to Crewe and Manchester Airport, plus Mid-Cheshire line, Buxton Line and South Wales services; platform 12 is the shortest and can only accommodate three coaches.
  The main entrance and concourse are to the front of the terminal platforms and the taxi and car drop-off entrance is on the southern side on Fairfield Street. The Metrolink tram line passes under the station through the undercroft. Its platforms are under the concourse and railway platforms. To the south of Piccadilly, on the opposite side of Fairfield Street, is the derelict Manchester Mayfield station, which was closed for railway use in 1986.
caption: Layout plan of Piccadilly station, and surrounding streets.
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