Trains to Manchester Victoria - Station Details and further Information on Manchester Victoria Train Services
Manchester Victoria station is the second of Manchester's mainline train stations. It is also a Metrolink station, one of eight that are within the City Zone. It is located to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral.
The station serves destinations north and east of Manchester and some trains to Liverpool (on the original Manchester to Liverpool line), it is the main terminus for the adjacent Manchester Evening News Arena, which was effectively joined onto the original station between 1992 and 1996 by means of a "raft" above the through rail platforms - the principal access to the MEN Arena is via stairs on Hunts Bank although there is another entrance from the main station concourse. The line from Bury was converted to light rail operation in the early 1990s when the Metrolink tram system was created, and the trams switch to on-street running once they emerge from the side wall of Victoria Station. Current plans for Phase 3 of Metrolink involve the conversion of the rail routes from Victoria to Rochdale via Oldham to light rail. The trains which stop at the station are all provided by Northern Rail except during engineering works when some trains are diverted from Manchester Piccadilly. |
