Piccadilly Station, Manchester, UK

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 two through platforms (numbers 13 and 14). 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 2019 and March 2020 (the other major stations in Manchester are Oxford Road and Victoria). As of March 2020, it is the third-busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London (after Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central), and is also the fourth-busiest interchange station outside London, with over 2 million passengers changing trains annually.[2] The station hosts services from six train operating companies.
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Piccadilly station was refurbished, taking five years and costing £100 million (in 2002); it was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. Further improvements and expansion plans have been proposed. In December 2014, a Transport and Works Act application was submitted for the construction of two through platforms as part of the Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme. As of 2021, this application has not been approved by the incumbent government although Network Rail declared the Castlefield corridor through Manchester 'congested' in September 2019.
A new Manchester Piccadilly High Speed station is planned to be built on a viaduct parallel to the north side of the existing station. The station will have six platforms (three islands) for both terminating High Speed 2 trains from London and Birmingham as well as Northern Powerhouse Rail trains to Liverpool, Warrington, Huddersfield, Leeds and beyond. The present Piccadilly Metrolink stop is proposed to be relocated from ground-level below the existing station platforms to a new larger four-platform stop located underground below the high speed station. Provision for a second ground-level Metrolink stop at the eastern end of the high speed station to service future Metrolink extensions, to be called Piccadilly Central, also form part of the plans. A hybrid bill was laid in Parliament on 24 January 2022 seeking powers to permit construction of the scheme.
This video was captured in May 2022.

[@AndreMartin1000]

The station looks like a destination on it's own. Thanks for the tour. 👍💯

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@CityWaLk4u]

Thank you for roaming us this beautiful Piccadilly station👍

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@imgoodatmoaning9561]

I live in Manchester and been here loads of times. It’s a really nice station. Majority of platforms right next to the concourse. Lots of places to get food and drink inside and just outside the station. Years ago it was an awful dump but very nice now. Gives me a buzz even if not actually going on a train.

[@citytour4213]

A 24 hours train station changes the whole city life cycle

[@bettyjones5375]

I'm visiting manchester in a few months :). Don't mean to ask a daft question, but how many entrances/exist does the train station have? When I get off the train, i want to walk to arndale centre

[@imgoodatmoaning9561]

@@bettyjones5375 there’s at least 3 that I can think off. Plenty of signs and people who you can ask for directions if you’re unsure of which one to use. You can walk to the arndale in approx 10 mins. hope you enjoy your visit.

[@bettyjones5375]

@@imgoodatmoaning9561 Thanks very much :)

[@walkingstudio]

Great opportunity to look around the wonderful place of Piccadilly Station through your nice video. Thank you for sharing!

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@kevinandange]

Wow that's a big train station . Thanks for showing us around. 😀 😊

[@citytour4213]

it's central train station in manchester

[@visitandshare]

Thank dear for the interesting video 👌❤ Really enjoyed watching it fully 👍😊 Good luck and further Success 🍀🍀🍀

[@citytour4213]

thanks, good luck for you too

[@wth6588]

Thank you 😊 great pace to have a look through

[@citytour4213]

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[@visitkh]

Like 11❤️👍 Wonderful Video dear. Enjoyed watching it and good success to You 🍀❤️

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@visitkh]

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[@valentynaartysyuk9129]

Amazing city!!

[@citytour4213]

lovely Manchester

[@mariojsworld]

Great tour of Piccadilly. Brings back nice memories of my life in the UK.

[@citytour4213]

thanks, glad you like it

[@nosheenmirza9531]

Is there a pick up point where I can park for 5/10 minutes? If not, which car park is closest to the station?

[@citytour4213]

Sorry, not sure

[@FernandoVictorino]

Great vídeo! The best. Thanks

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@ASimpleVideoSG]

Wow, very busy station, lots of people there fv good tour

[@citytour4213]

yup, most busy train station in manchester

[@SomedayStreet]

great itinerary, have a wonderful day my friend

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@LucidCS2]

What tram would i need to get on to get to the etihad campus from piccadilly tram station?

[@citytour4213]

you can reach there via "light Blue" line which going to Ashton-under-Lyne

[@tvgamemobile6533]

Nhà ga đông và tấp lập quá. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@citytour4213]

[@siouxsiefitzgerald8626]

Great video. Where do you go to collect tickets?

[@citytour4213]

There has many ticket machine on the side, you can buy ticket vai cash, or buy tickets on apps and show QR code to enter.

[@gaborkiss4011]

Now i know where can i find a public toilet in Manchester. Thanks for the tip. (No joke.)

[@citytour4213]

haha

[@hikangs4K]

LIKE 5👍 Amazing video 🔆 Thanks for sharing walking tour around Piccadilly Station, Manchester🚶 Let's keep walking and sharing, my friend. I am already a SUBSCREBER to your channel. For a good Life! Cheer up! 🧡🌷✨ Have a great week! Greetings from KOREA 🇰🇷

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@tkoteacher1707]

Most people watching this will probably be very far away from Manchester to be pining over a video of piccadilly station...myself included....Im sat in a Hongkong office looking forward to my next holiday in UK and the fond memories I have of British rail network haha TRUE!...and the station pasties are fabulous with sachets of HP sauce...im sick o noodles

[@citytour4213]

when I go piccadilly station on the first time, I think about the hung ham railway station.

[@tkoteacher1707]

@@citytour4213 whao really? I think its a completely different feeling from KCR or MTR..doesn't remind me of Hung Hom, but hey each to their own

[@Frankyarchonroblox]

I went there and heard a sound when i was on the platform. I think it was the overhead cable

[@citytour4213]

Not strange, since UK train system is very old.

[@janettetaylor8760]

My late uncle was architect he remodelize Piccadilly Train station to what u see it has now...

[@citytour4213]

He has done a great project, and everything is going smooth now.

[@janettetaylor8760]

Thank you I`m sure he was please with the out come off his .. IHe sadly pass away a day before my mother did back in june 2012

[@citytour4213]

oh, sad@@janettetaylor8760

[@lytofamily]

Piccadilly Station Manchester ❤👍🙏

[@citytour4213]

yup

[@citytour4213]

A busy transportation hub in Manchester

[@oxksie]

gotta make a change at manchester w not much time to do it, using this as a training video 😭

[@citytour4213]

You are welcome

[@hypersonicboom8617]

nice walk

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[@visitandshare]

Like 13❤❤❤

[@citytour4213]

thanks

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

I just wish that someone would tell or better still instruct Network Rail to stop using platforms 13 & 14 for trains to Chester, Crewe, Lladnuo and Holyhead

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

What would make Manchester Piccadilly Station much better and safer is for visibly and routinely armed police officers to be patrolling the station 24/7 with support from the Milltary as and when required

[@amir123786]

7:57 🤤

[@citytour4213]

thx

[@amir123786]

4:48 🤤

[@citytour4213]

thx

[@Aseelbird1881]

Same like Hong Kong

[@citytour4213]

all designs are smiliar, but larger scale.

[@Aseelbird1881]

@@citytour4213 are you Chinese

[@citytour4213]

@@Aseelbird1881 HongKonger, live in both HK and UK

[@Aseelbird1881]

@@citytour4213 before me also living hong Kong now I come back my home country

[@Aseelbird1881]

@@citytour4213 now I want to go UK but no have visa