Manchester Piccadilly Watford Junction 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 Hertfordshire, Watford Junction railway station offers passengers services to destinations including Milton Keynes Central, South Croydon, London Euston, Hemel Hempstead, Birmingham New Street, St Albans Abbey, Liverpool Lime Street, Glasgow Central and Manchester Piccadilly.

Watford Junction railway station is operated by London Midland and is located on the West Coast Main Line, which connects London to the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the Central Belt of Scotland, the Watford DC Line to London Euston and the Abbey Line to St Albans. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by London Overground, Virgin Trains, Southern, London Midland and First ScotRail.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafe, shops and toilets. Passengers should note that baby changing facilities are not available at the station. Parking is available at the station for 750 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

In 1984 the Victorian station buildings were demolished and the station was rebuilt in a modern style with a travel centre and a large office block above the station which is occupied by the lorry and bus manufacturing company Iveco. Some 19th-century waiting rooms survived, but were finally demolished in the 1980's.