Or if you’ll be taking a train which calls first at Victoria station, before going on to Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations, check the location of your final destination it’s highly likely that you’ll have a faster and easier end-to-end journey if you leave the train at Manchester Victoria. Not only is Victoria station closer to many parts of the city centre, the trains to Piccadilly from multiple towns and cities including, Bolton, Chester, Liverpool, Southport and York arrive at a part of that station which is awkwardly sited, at its furthest point away from the city. When travelling to the city centre by train from a destination to the north of Manchester, if there’s a choice of routes between trains calling at Victoria or Piccadilly don’t assume that because Piccadilly is considered to be the main station in the city, that you should choose to head there in preference to Victoria. If you will be heading to one of those destinations not served from this station and the starting point of your journey is in the area around Manchester Victoria, the easiest option is take a tram across the city centre to Piccadilly station. Not that long ago all of these places were served by trains from Manchester Victoria So the towns and cities now not served by direct trains from Manchester Victoria station include Blackpool, Carlisle, Glasgow, Grange Over Sands, Lancaster, Llandudno, Oxenholme, Penrith and Rhyl. Though a quirk of how the trains to and from Manchester are managed is that many destinations to the north and west, are also now only served by trains which call at the other stations to the south of the city centre, including Oxford Road and Piccadilly. Trains to many destinations to the south of Manchester including Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Oxford, Southampton and London only depart from Piccadilly station. Manchester Victoria also has the fastest trains from the city to Liverpool and boarding those trains at Victoria is less awkward than at Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations at Victoria station they usually depart from platform (track) 3, which is right beside the main concourse. Though if you haven’t reserved seats, be aware that one train per which head to Leeds and York, will have called first at Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations so spare seats can be harder to find when boarding at Victoria. You will also have a wider choice of trains from Manchester Victoria when travelling to Leeds, York and Newcastle. Many trains from Manchester call at multiple stations in the city, but if you’ll be heading to some destinations in Yorkshire including Bradford, Halifax and Hebden Bridge, you will need to take a train from Victoria station as it is the only station in the city which has trains to those towns a legacy of it being opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
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