Manchester Airport Darlington Train

Manchester Airport railway station, operated by First TransPennine Express, serves Manchester Airport in the north west of England. The railway station is built into the airport's terminal building which makes it easy and quick to access to airport from the station. The station is approximately 10 miles to the south of the centre of Manchester Piccadilly at the end of a short branch of the Styal Line which runs from Slade Lane Junction, some 2 km south of Manchester Piccadilly, to Wilmslow. The station has a staffed ticket office and passengers are also able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Facilities at the airport include ATM's, bureau de change, pay phones, cafe and shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by First TransPennine Express, Northern Rail and Arriva Trains Wales. Between them they offer destinations that includes Crewe (for connections to the south of the UK), Manchester Piccadilly, Carlisle, Glasgow Central , Edinburgh Waverley, York, Doncaster, Sheffield, Blackpool North and Skegness.

There are no car parking facilities at the station although they do exist within the airport complex.

Located in County Durham, Darlington railway station offers passengers services to destinations including London Kings Cross, York, Newcastle Central, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, Birmingham New Street, Oxford, Reading, Bristol Temple Meads and Liverpool Lime Street.

Darlington railway station, operated by East Coast, is located on the East Coast Main Line which connects London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh. The station is roughly 230 miles to the north of London King's Cross railway station. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by East Coast along with Grand Central, CrossCountry, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 382 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The station's platforms are organised in the following way. Platform 1 is the main platform for southbound services to York, London, Reading, Southampton, Birmingham, Plymouth, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street. Platforms 2 and 3 are for services operated by Northern Rail that terminate at Darlington from Saltburn and Middlesbrough. Platform 4 is mainly used for services to Bishop Aukland.