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Manchester Victoria has been revealed as the station with the highest percentage of service cancellations in 2024 in an analysis of the busiest train stations in the UK.. Around 9.5 per cent of ...
Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England, is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral , it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s.
The four main railway stations in Manchester city centre are Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Victoria, Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Deansgate which all form part of the Manchester station group. Most services run to or through one of Manchester city centre's major stations, Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly.
A 15-minute service to Manchester Airport from Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly; An express service between Liverpool Lime Street and Newcastle via Manchester Victoria and Leeds commenced in May 2014; 319363 at Manchester Oxford Road. The Class 319 provide faster journey times and greater capacity compared to Pacer trains.
The Manchester station group does not include Manchester Airport station, nor Salford Central. Since the opening of the Ordsall Chord in 2017, there has been an increase of through as opposed to terminating services; for example, the TransPennine Express from Saltburn to Manchester Airport now calls at Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly.
Newly installed overhead electrification into Manchester Victoria station, in October 2015. In July 2017, Chris Grayling, the secretary of state for transport announced a number of electrification schemes were to be cancelled including the Lakes Line from Oxenholme to Windermere. [29]
The name Picc-Vic was a contraction of the two key station names, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria. The proposal envisaged the construction of an underground rail tunnel across Manchester city centre. The scheme was abandoned in 1977 during its proposal stages due to Westminster's lack of willingness to invest in Manchester.
The initial proposal in the 21st century was to electrify the line from Manchester Victoria to Leeds via Huddersfield, with some infill schemes around Manchester. This was announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The cost was cited as £290 million and the project was planned to start in 2014. [44]