Manchester Piccadilly Stoke-on-Trent 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.

Located in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent railway station offers passengers destinations including London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Coventry, Oxford, Leamington Spa, Reading, Bournemouth, Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly, Derby Stafford, Wolverhampton, and Lichfield.

Stoke-on-Trent railway station is operated by Virgin Trains and is located on the Stafford to Manchester Branch of the West Coast Main Line which connects London to the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the Central Belt of Scotland. The station is also an interchange between a number of local services operating through Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, London Midland, Northern Rail and Virgin Trains.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, bureau de change, First Class Lounge, pay phones, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 550 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The station building retains much of its mid-Victorian character, including a classic glazed roof that spans the platforms, and is now a Grade II* listed building. A war memorial, with brass nameplates naming the employees of the North Staffordshire Railway who fell during World War I, discreetly flanks the entrance to platform 1.