Trains at: Manchester Piccadilly, WCML, 24/06/23
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2023
- A very enjoyable afternoon session spent at Manchester Piccadilly on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from Avanti West Coast, Transport for Wales, East Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Northern and Transpennine Express.
Manchester Piccadilly wasn't at first called Manchester Piccadilly. It's history and long and varied and very interesting to say the least.
At first the station was opened in 1842, it consisted of 2 platforms, offices and passenger facilities such as a waiting room and toilets. By the time the station had opened the line had been extended to Crewe. During the same time there was a large area cleared for the construction of the station which resulted in the removal of terraced houses and several industrial outlets which would also make way for a railway viaduct to be built.
All of this was done by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway.
In 1846 the Manchester and Birmingham Railway amalgamated with several other companies to form the London & Northwestern Railway.
The station was named Store Street when it was first built by in 1847 was renamed London Road. 2 years later the station was being used by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway when the line to Manchester Oxford Road was completed. It was using a single platform that would serve as the predecessor to the through platforms that are 13 and 14.
By the time the 1850's made an appearance the relationship between the two companies that were using the station had near enough fallen apart so an agreement was made between the two to completely rebuild the station which would allow them both to still use it but have no interaction with one another, the MS&LR was running on the north-eastern side and the LNWR was operating on the south-western side. The station was given a huge make over, a new entrance and concourse was built. A 200 meter long iron and glass trainshed was built which would cover the terminal platforms, during the construction of the roof it collapsed resulting in the fatality of 2 workers and injuring 30 more.
The cause of the accident was determined to be the result of heavy snowfall and strong winds.
Over the course of the next few years both railway companies built warehouses to the northern side of the station and the viaduct to the South was widened to accommodate four tracks.
The peace was not long lasts however as during the next 10 years the station once again started to see far to much passenger usage for the size of the current station so further upgrades were needed to increase the number of platforms. The single use platform was redesigned as an island platform which now stands as platforms 13 + 14 and was connected via a footbridge.
All the completions were finally made in 1882.
Between the years of 1958 and 1966 the station was rebuilt as part of the West Coast Mainline modernisation plan by British Railways and was officially renamed Manchester Piccadilly in 1960.
When the station was being rebuilt it cost roughly £1.7 million which in todays money is around the £38 million Mark.
This was done for the preparation of the electrification of the line and to allow electric trains to run into the station, the actual roof that spans over the station is the same roof that was built all those years ago and has been given some work over the years to keep it safe. It was shortened slightly towards the concourse end of the station.
Most of the other work that was taking place around the station was to relaying of tracks and new signalling being installed as well platforms being made out of solid concrete.
Towards the end of the 1980's platforms 13 and 14 were lengthened for the larger trains operating on the network. During this time a new rail link was being opened which would run right through Manchester which in turn would allow trains from the north of the country to run right into the heart of Manchester instead of having to go around the city which resulted in shorter journey times.
In 2002 the station was yet again given a major overhaul, this was in part to do with the 2002 commonwealth games. As such it meant that £100 million was given. This meant that the glass roof could be worked on which allowed for new plains of glass to be installed and for it to be repainted. A new concourse was built complete with a mezzanine floor which contained shops and various dining outlets. And ever since then various projects have taken place to make the station more appealing with new shops and better facilities for passengers and station staff.
My next station is going to be Manchester Oxford Road.
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I was one of the kids who walked pass im on a train right now heading back to manchester
TPE deffo the best livery on the network.
I agree with you there
Yup you're right 👍 no disgusting yellow paint on the front of those 397s.
You mean was TPE has gone public you know
Nice variety of units
Manchester is always great to come to for that sort of thing
Lovely station with a fair amount of variety, most enjoyable. Many Thanks.
Thanks very much, I always enjoy coming here
Another great Video . Not my 156s around now like you say 🙌
Thanks very much, it's just nice to still be able to see them running around even if they aren't all that frequent
Excellent video. Keep up the good work. 😀
Thank you kindly!
I was here last week
I hope you had a great time
Amazing video mate❤❤❤❤
Thank you kindly
Long awaited another video here. Brilliant stuff!
thanks very much!
Lots of trains at Manchester today! I love all trains that you showed!
It's always a great station to come to!
Hi Tornado922. Great film at Manchester Piccadilly. Looking forward to watching the next film at Manchester Oxford Road. Kind regards, Chris.
Thanks very much Chris
If i know you were at Manchester i woukd have brought my Grandson, he's obsessed with your videos.
I will be coming back here later in the year, there were a lot of services that weren't running during my stay here. Once I know the dates I will have it up in the community tab of my channel.
A very good Sunday evening young man from Alan in Lowestoft buddy 👍
Thank you kindly
Great video at Manchester I like the new 197's
Thanks very much, they do look very good. I'll be sure to take a decent ride on them one day to find out how comfortable they are
Here is some history of Manchester Piccadilly, the line from here to Hadfield used to go beyond Hadfield and the line also was part of the Great Central Main Line to London Marylebone. Since Beeching's axe the line was cut back to Sheffield Victoria and then to Hadfield in 1981 to the present day
Thanks for the added history of the place
Another great vlog
Thanks very much!
Fab video once again
Thanks very much
Hey tornado, have you checked out the glossop line for train sim world 3 yet? It's really nice😊
Great video
Thanks very much
nice video
Thanks very much
nice
Thank you kindly
Yeah maintenance work between Shrewsbury and Crewe so currently services that would be for Manchester are going via Chester and terminating in platform 9 at crewe replacing the Chester to crewe shuttle
I will be coming back here when the full service is running again
156419 ex greater anglia unit glad to see them still operating
I didn't realise that was an ex Anglia unit!
I was here yesterday
I hope you had a great time
Another great video mate I have never been to Manchester but it does look like a good train spotting location 😊
Thanks very much, I can highly recommend this station. There is always something good to see here, I will be coming back later in the year to catch the services that weren't running that day
@@Tornado922 Hi. I'm planning to go trainspotting here but to access the platforms is there ticket barriers or people there to check your ticket or can you just freeroam all the platforms? If there are do you know if Stockport is any good?
@@Usenowgamer If you go to the station reception and let them know what you want to do, they will then issue you with a pass that will let you onto the platforms
@@Tornado922 Oh that's great! Does this always work for you every time you visit?
@@Usenowgamer Yep, I always sign in everytime I come here. As long as the staff know what you want to do then they are fine with it
I take it Manchester Piccadilly is bigger than Liverpool Lime Street
Thanks for this one at Manchester Piccadilly! My main station for four years (as well as Stockport). And, I will be back there in August next year!
Btw, can tell you're not a local with the pronunciation of Buxton - it's pronounced 'Bookston'. 🙂
I will be coming back here later in the year to capture some of the services that weren't running during my stay here. I'll have to remember that pronunciation for my next trip here!
Can you actually do Oxenholme Lake District before Carlisle visit please?
I'll be doing them on the same day
What's it like a Manchester Picadilly?
It's a great station to come to. Although it's much better when everything is running!
It's always a hive of activity at Manchester Piccadilly any day of the week! Bernie and Hutchie were the names on 150105 as they kept them on despite being repainted from the London Midland livery into the new Northern livery. Looks like Northern have 156's from East Midlands Railway now, including the former Greater Anglia units, so 158's and 170's now make up the EMR regional fleet as a result and they can be used on pretty much anything, so yes the 170's can run to and from Liverpool Lime Street as was the case yesterday actually but probably not during your entire time in Manchester. Normally you feature most stations once every year but will you come back down to Manchester Piccadilly for example again this year?
I will be coming back to Manchester later this year to try and catch the services that weren't running during my stay here
@@Tornado922 The 67 and mark 4 sets being one such example.
Let’s see how many Cleethorpes service are missed out because of Strikes/ or no drivers 😂
In a word, lots haha
Any emr
They do appear yes
At least its not seagulls buddy
Very true