Manchester Oxford Road railway station
- West Coast Main Line
- Railway Chester - Manchester
- Railway line from Liverpool to Manchester Earlestown
- Railway Liverpool - Warrington - Manchester
- Railway Manchester - Preston
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The Manchester Oxford Road Rail Station is a mainline and regional train station in the English city of Manchester. The south of downtown train station is behind Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria is the third largest of the city. It is located south and west of Victoria Piccadillys, with the result that trains from Preston / North England / Scotland and Liverpool approach to Piccadilly and Oxford Road train station. It was 2008/2009 used by around 5.2 million passengers, representing an increase of 4 million within the year.
Location
The station is located south of downtown, close to Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University, and near the BBC studios and the pedestrian area of Manchester. He is the center nearest train station of the city, although it is not connected to the network of Manchester Metrolink.
History
The station was opened in 1849 by the railway company Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway. Initially, the station had two platforms. Following the construction in 1874 created two pages and three central platforms. Following the expansion and electrification of the West Coast Main Line between Manchester and London, the station was completely rebuilt in 1960.
In 1969, to the traffic, as the trains were headed to Piccadilly by the closure of Manchester Central railway station. As a construction project a head platform was replaced by a passage platform to increase the frequency in the Oxford Road Train Station. In 1971 the line was electrified again to Altrincham, which meant that these trains was extended to Piccadilly and on to Crewe and Oxford Road lost its status as a railway terminal, was nevertheless continue to be operated as a through station.
1988, a rail link from Salford was created to the adjacent railway station Manchester to carry trains from the north and north-west not only to Victoria but also to Piccadilly and hence to Oxford Road can. What in Victoria to a (now braked ) resulted in loss of significance, resulted in Piccadilly and Oxford Road in particular to increases in usage, as the city center was directly accessible.
1992 lost the train station through the conversion of the line to Altrichham on the system of the Manchester Metrolink on regional trains, which was offset by the increasing number of long-distance connections.
Traffic
The station is served by four railway companies: Northern Rail, First TransPennine Express, Arriva Trains Wales and East Midland Trains.
Trains to Liverpool Lime Street (via Earlestown and Warrington via ), Hazel Grove, Preston, Southport and Manchester Airport
Trains to Liverpool Lime Street, Scarborough, Blackpool North, Lancaster / Barrow-in- Furness / Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Haymarket Edinburgh Waverley and Manchester Airport
A train every hour to Piccadilly, in the opposite direction every two hours either Llandudno or Holyhead
Hourly trains to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central, and in the opposite direction to Nottingham and partly on to Norwich.
Trivia
From Oxford Road train station, with up to 140 buses per hour busiest bus route in Europe leads in the southern suburbs.