Manchester Stoke On Trent Train
Manchester Stoke On Trent trains depart from Manchester Piccadilly station and arrive at Stoke-on-Trent.
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About Manchester
The city of Manchester is located in north west England and is roughly 160 miles from London and has a number of museums and galleries that celebrate its rich industrial heritage, its Roman history, the women's suffrage movement and sport. There is a reconstructed part of the Roman fort of Mamucium which is located in the Castlefield area of the city and is open to the public. The Museum of Science and Industry, which is located in the former Liverpool Road railway station, and has a large collection of steam locomotives, industrial machinery, aircraft and a replica of the world's first stored computer program. Nearby Trafford Park is home to the Imperial War Museum North and the Manchester Museum has acclaimed Egyptology and natural history collections.
To the south of the city centre, and adjoining the campus of the University of Manchester, is the Whitworth Art Gallery which displays modern art, sculpture and textiles. The gallery focuses on modern artists, and the art collections include works by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ford Madox Brown, Eduardo Paolozzi, Francis Bacon, William Blake, David Hockney, L. S. Lowry, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso, and a fine collection of works by J.M.W. Turner.
About Stoke On Trent
Located in the county of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent is located to the north of Birmingham and runs into the affluent town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the two places are essentially one large city.
Around 10,000 visitors arrive in the city annually by canal narrowboats, on the Trent and Mersey and Caldon Canal. There are free moorings at Trentham, Barlaston, Etruria/Lock 38, Longport, Westport Lake, and at the Harecastle Tunnel.
Getting around the city is fairly straight forward. The city has an intricate public transport service and buses are usually easy to come by. Hanley Bus Station is the main transport hub for buses in the city and virtually all areas of the city are reachable from here. There are tourist information offices located here and maps of required routes are published and easy to find. The city also has over 100 miles of excellent off-road bicycle paths, on old railway and mineral lines, and canal towpaths.
Further afield, the historic city of Nottingham lies to the east of Stoke-on-Trent and is easily accessible by car or train. Many coach operators also run regular services to Nottingham with journey times of around ninety minutes to two hours.