Trains at: Manchester Oxford Road, 24/06/23

A very enjoyable session spent at Manchester Oxford Road where we see plenty of services from Northern, Transpennine Express, East Midlands Railway, Transport for Wales and freight from GBRF.
Manchester Oxford Road was opened in 1849 and was for a time the headquarters of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway. When the station was opened it was called Oxford Road, when the station was built it had one platform on the North side which would have a line running to Manchester London Road which we all know as Manchester Piccadilly. There was also a platform on the West side of the station. Extra sidings and platforms were built in 1857, this was done because of the Art Treasures Exhibition that was taken place in Manchester at the time, but once the Exhibiton was done the platforms and sispdings were removed. Interestingly the station was also used as a drop off point for milk trains running into the city, so a local committee was formed and in 1863 included in its list of complaints was the fact the the milk and passengers were sharing the same platforms, they wanted action to be taken.
Work had eventually started a few years later after years of legal action between competing railway companies and the owners of the different railway stations, I haven't included that in this description as there is just to much to dissect but please do read up on it as it is truly fascinating in regards to what was taking place!
It was in 1876 that work had begun on the station which saw enlargement of the station facilities including the provision of a refreshments room, at the time the station was taking on average a hundred thousand passengers a week which is just madness when you consider how long ago that was.
Reconstruction of the station took place from 1903 to 1904, the main approach to the station was improved for greater ease of access, the ticket office was given a massive overhaul and the refreshment room was expanded, the island platform was installed in November of 1904. Again there is a lot more to say about all of this but I'm trying to keep it as brief as possible.
The station was given another make over in 1960 and most of the structure was built out of wood because of the fact that the station and the lines coming into and out of it were built on a large viaduct.
The station is now a Grade 2 listed building and is for ever having work done to it to ensure it keeps its charm, most of the time it's the station roof that gets a lot of attention as work is forever taking place to ensure that it doesn't leak when the heavens really open. In 2011 the platform shelters, seats and toilets were all upgraded costing a whopping £500,000 and then 2 years later another £1.8 million was chucked into the overall access to the station for emergency services and the lifts at the South end of the station.
My next film will be from Manchester Victoria.
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[@chriswhitaker4577]

Hi Tornado922. Great film at Manchester Oxford Road. Looking forward to watching the next film at Manchester Victoria. Kind regards, Chris.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much Chris

[@progenlol]

Nice!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@RickyNowis]

Wow, a lot has changed since I was last there in 2018. It's great to see Northern putting on additional capacity for the Windermere diagrams and also Transpennine Express now back running via Warrington and Liverpool South Parkway. Outstanding footage Tornado922 :-)

[@Tornado922]

The railways are slowly but surely getting back to how they used to be operating which is great to see

[@Martin_Trainspotter]

10:18, very nice looking units. 👍

[@Tornado922]

They do look good

[@callumwolstencroft5272]

Awesome ❤❤❤❤

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly

[@trainsdu4940]

Great video. Love the sound of the 331s when departing, and yes, they can accelerate quite fast actually (I think on par with the 745 from Greater Anglia). I love the long freight train with half of the wagons empty lol.

[@Tornado922]

That GBRF train at the start really was making tons of profit haha

[@Northern303]

Yo nice video❤

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@ziaakbar2535]

I dont often hear about services from Manchester airport to Windermere

[@Tornado922]

It's nice to see the more obscure routes being used

[@Sophiebryson510]

Lots of variety

[@Tornado922]

One of the reasons why I enjoy coming here is for that reason

[@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784]

Well you said that you caught everything that you needed to see but there were some EMR 170's operating to Liverpool, so you might have caught them if you had stayed longer here or did Manchester Victoria and this station the other way around! At least you got to finally go to Manchester for the day though, so win, win!

[@Tornado922]

I might catch them when I am next down here

[@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784]

@@Tornado922 Who knows!

[@nilswestermann2598]

nice video

[@Tornado922]

Thank you

[@Harry.trainspotting]

Nice! I think I met you I believe you were the guy with the ipad?

[@Tornado922]

You walked past me when I was leaving if my memory serves

[@cazz3130]

What's your favourite area on the rail network?

[@Tornado922]

Well the Manchester area would come pretty close

[@MrIamcool3123]

Before Carlisle visit can you do Oxenholme Lake District, please?

[@Tornado922]

As I've already told you I will be doing both on the same day

[@keiranclarke2955]

I like the noises if the diesel units.

[@Tornado922]

They do sound good

[@Train-series]

Can you do Manchester airport plz

[@Tornado922]

I will see if I can get it done later this year

[@Owenjedi5000]

Teo Manchester stations down, two more to go

[@Tornado922]

indeed

[@TheTrainSpotter2005]

One station I inadvertently never pay attention to! But at times when I have travelled to the airport when the train is obviously packed. When we pull in to Oxford Road or Piccadilly everyone just suddenly disappears!

[@Tornado922]

It's a station that for a long time I had no real thought about going to, but it's one that since coming here I always enjoy.

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

66737 is Lesia you can tell with the big 737 under the nameplate

[@Tornado922]

ok

[@MrIamcool3123]

After your Newcastle visit, can you do Hereford please?

[@Tornado922]

Hereford will be done at some stage, but I don't know when that will be

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

Yes 195109 Pride of Cumbria is on Spotlog I guess people are getting used to using Spotlog to update train information

[@Harry.trainspotting]

16:07 that's me on the platform that you were on

[@Tornado922]

I hope you had a great time

[@squidgytop.2050]

Hello do you like trains

[@Tornado922]

Well I'm filming them so I'll let you work that one out

[@squidgytop.2050]

U do nice

[@alextrainspotterhd6444]

Great video jarred loved that long GBRF freight seem never ending this a station I want to get to

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, it was great to get a freight train at the start to give it something different for a change

[@MrIamcool3123]

The 331s have the same departing noise as the 397s as they are both built by CAF and I love that noise too.

[@Tornado922]

CAF seem to have a knack at building nice looking trains

[@tl.rogers]

I think the 331s are only seconded to the Class 745's in terms of acceleration - something like 3mph/s

[@Tornado922]

That can make all the difference at the best of times

[@robertstrainsnsw1596]

Great film at Manchester Oxford Road

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@alanshelly7068]

Awesome video buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much!

[@thanostheclub]

Was that two on-time TPE services? 😲

[@Tornado922]

It certainly was!