Manchester Piccadilly Basingstoke Train

Manchester Piccadilly railway station, operated by Network Rail, serves the north western city of Manchester. The station operates inter city routes to London, Birmingham, Bristol, South Wales, the south coast of England, Scotland and to destinations throughout the north of England. The station is the busiest in Manchester and plans exist to further enhance the station's facilities and capacity as part of the Northern Hub and High Speed 2 plans. 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.

The main entrance leads to a concourse with ground floor and mezzanine levels. The Fairfield Street entrance leads to the Metrolink station in the undercroft and is linked to the rail platforms by escalators.

Facilities at the airport include ATM's, First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, cafes and shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

Passenger services calling at the station are provided by Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry, East midlands Trains, First TransPennine Express, Northern Rail and Virgin Trains. Between them they offer passengers destinations that includes Sheffield, Buxton, Manchester Airport, Liverpool Lime Street, Southport, Wigan, Llandudno, Pembroke Dock, Stafford, Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Nottingham, Norwich and London Euston.

Parking is available at the station for 856 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The Hampshire railway station of Basingstoke offers passengers services towards London Waterloo, Clapham Junction, Woking, Farnborough, Fleet, Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surbiton, Winchester, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton Central, Poole, Weymouth, Exeter St Davids, Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Newcastle, Doncaster and Reading.

The railway station is located on the South Western Main Line between London Waterloo, Weymouth and the south coast. The station is operated by South West Trains who also operate some of the passenger services along with First Great Western and CrossCountry.

Passengers facilities at the station include an ATM, toilets, baby changing facilities, pay phones and a cafe. Parking is available at the station for approximately 230 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

There are two entrances to the station. The main entrance enables passengers to access the taxi rank, car park and a bus stop and is located to the south of the station. There is also access to The Malls shopping centre from this entrance. A bridge over Churchill Way leads to the bus station. Festival Place can be accessed from The Malls or the bus station, while Festival Square and the Top of Town are located beyond the bus station. The second entrance is located on Platform 4 which also provides access to another area of car parking.