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Manchester Piccadilly Southampton Central stations

Manchester Piccadilly Train Station

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.

Southampton Central Train Station

Located in Hampshire, Southampton Central railway station offers passengers services to destinations including London Waterloo, Eastleigh, Weymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Southsea, London Victoria, Horsham, Brighton, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street.

Southampton Central railway station is operated by South West Trains and is located on the South Western Main Line, which connects London Waterloo to Weymouth, the Wessex Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton, and the West Coastway Line from Brighton to Southampton. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry, First Great Western, South West Trains and Southern.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 182 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day. The station also has a free shuttle service that links the station to the city centre and on to Town Quay, for the Isle of Wight Red Funnel and Hythe ferries. Bus services operated by Bluestar, First, Stagecoach and Wilts & Dorset use stops on the London side. Taxi ranks are also located on both sides of the station.