Manchester Airport station is a railway, tram, bus and coach station at Manchester Airport, England which opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993. The station is 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly, at the end of a short branch from the Styal Line via a triangular junction between Heald Green and Styal stations. Manchester Metrolink tram services were extended to the airport in 2014 and operate to Manchester Victoria.
The station is 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly at the end of a short branch from the Styal Line constructed by British Rail in 1993. A branch of Manchester Metrolink runs into it. It is accessed via a triangular junction located between Heald Green and Styal. The station platforms are connected by escalator, lift, ramps and an elevated covered walkway (known as the "Sky Link") to the airport terminal buildings in which is a staffed railway ticket office. Throughout the airport complex, the railway station is known as "The Station" and is signposted as such.
History
New platforms
In December 2008, a third platform opened after a year of construction and a total cost of £15 million. The following year Network Rail noted that it had "greatly increased operational flexibility at the station, and reduced the number of times that late-running trains had had to be terminated at Manchester Piccadilly."[1]
In 2009, Network Rail stated that the creation of the third platform has meant that the capacity at Manchester Airport will become constrained by the layover of the trains and congestion at the throat. To solve this issue they have recommended building a line underneath the airport towards Northwich in the 2019 to 2024 period.[2]
In July 2012, support for a fourth railway platform was announced by the Government.[3] The current platforms are eight carriage lengths long, so each can accommodate two trains of four carriages. A fourth platform will allow greater use of longer trains of six carriages or more. This had been recommended as part of the Northern Hub scheme of rail improvements around Manchester by the 2010 Manchester Hub Rail Study and the 2011 Northern Route Utilisation Strategy, with an estimated cost of £23 million.[4]
In February 2014, construction commenced on a new £20m fourth platform at the station. The start of construction was attended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. Construction of the new platform was completed in May 2015 - three years earlier than the 2018 estimate given in 2012.[5][6] This was to allow engineering work to overlap with that being done on the Manchester Metrolink extension to the airport (see below) so that the fourth platform could be used for the extra traffic generated by the Ordsall Chord (opened 10 December 2017), while the fourth platform itself opened to passengers in Autumn 2015.[7][8]
In January 2013, the Government announced that Manchester Airport would be included in the second phase of the High Speed 2 railway line. This will enable Manchester Airport to be reached from London Euston in 59 minutes. The new line and associated new station will pass to the west of the Airport, away from the existing railway station and transport interchange, giving the airport two disconnected railways stations approximately 1 mile apart.[9]
The proposed Manchester Airport High Speed Station
It was planned that infrastructure developments that are part of the Northern Hub system of schemes such as the Ordsall Chord should enable direct trains to Manchester Victoria and on towards Bradford from May 2019. However the introduction of the May 2018 timetable, one of the most radical in decades, caused punctuality through Manchester to drop sharply and it became common for TransPennine Express to terminate delayed services at Manchester Piccadilly or Victoria rather than continue onto the final destination at Manchester Airport.[14][15]
Any future additional services to the Airport are in doubt without further infrastructure works; unresolved issues surround the lack of new 'through' platforms at Manchester Piccadilly which have been shelved by the government and the Styal Line to Manchester Airport operating at full capacity with little resilience to absorb delays.[16]
The Manchester Metrolink light rail network was extended from St Werburgh's Road to Manchester Airport as part of the Phase 3 expansion project.[17] The Metrolink station has been built adjacent to the airport station.[18] It is the terminus of the Airport Line.
Following a period of uncertainty due to funding problems, the plans were finally given the go-ahead in May 2009. The confirmed route would not complete the full airport loop as proposed, but trams would run along the northern route via Wythenshawe. Completion of the western side of the loop is subject to further funding in a later project.[19][20] An opening date of Summer 2016 had originally been indicated for opening of the Airport line[21] but the line opened early on 3 November 2014.[22][23]
Services
Trams run between Manchester Airport and Victoria every 12 minutes. An early morning service runs from 03:19–06:00 am every 20 minutes.
With the introduction to a zonal ticketing system on Metrolink services in January 2019, Manchester Airport is located within zone 4.[24]
References
^Connecting local communities: Route Plan 2009 for Route 20 - North West Urban 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Network Rail, 2009; page 6
^Connecting local communities: Route Plan 2009 for Route 20 - North West Urban 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Network Rail, 2009; page 27
^Historic day for Greater Manchester's rail network 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Transport for Greater Manchester, 16 July 2012
^, Network Rail, February 2010 Northern Route Utilisation Strategy 10 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Network Rail, May 2011, page 7 and pp. 55-56
^"Chancellor unveils the start of £600m rail investment in the north of England" (Press release). Network Rail. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ (Press release). Network Rail. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
^Bickerdike, Graeme (10 March 2015). . Rail Engineer. Coalville. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^Cox, Charlotte (18 August 2015). "Manchester Airport rail station's fourth platform completed ahead of schedule". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^Route HSM28 | Plan and Profile | Sheet 5 of 9(PDF) (Map). 1:5000.
^"Timetables | Download timetables | First TransPennine Express". TransPennine Express. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^"Northern Trains – Timetables". Northern. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^"Wales & UK Train Timetables - TfW". Transport for Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^"Train services to be cut". BBC News. 17 February 2003.
^"'Unacceptable #NorthernFail' - the travel chaos passengers faced on first working day of new Northern timetable". Manchester Evening News. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^"A big chunk of Northern's timetable is back on Monday - but not for many Greater Manchester passengers". Manchester Evening News. 29 July 2018. As an industry we are really sorry for the impact that this has had on customers. Congestion on the network within the Manchester area has been a factor in the disruption and as all our services run through this corridor this caused a knock-on effect on our services across the North.
^"Timetable recast: too much, too quickly". Railway Gazette. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^(PDF). GMPTE. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008. - map of the proposed network expansion
^. GMPTE. 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^"Metrolink: back on track?". BBC Manchester. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
^Linton, Deborah (13 May 2009). "£1.4bn transport deal unveiled". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
^. Manchester Metrolink. Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
^. Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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Manchester Airport station is a railway tram bus and coach station at Manchester Airport England which opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993 The station is 9 3 4 miles 15 7 km south of Manchester Piccadilly at the end of a short branch from the Styal Line via a triangular junction between Heald Green and Styal stations Manchester Metrolink tram services were extended to the airport in 2014 and operate to Manchester Victoria Manchester AirportGeneral informationLocationRingway ManchesterEnglandGrid referenceSJ819853Managed byTransPennine ExpressTransit authorityTransport for Greater ManchesterPlatforms4Other informationStation codeMIAFare zone4 Metrolink ClassificationDfT category BKey datesMay 1993Opened2004Refurbished2008Third platform opened2014Metrolink services begin2015Fourth platform addedPassengers2017 184 645 million2018 195 708 million2019 205 747 million2020 210 546 million Interchange 4 6452021 222 174 million Interchange 14 518NotesPassenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Contents 1 Description 2 History 2 1 New platforms 2 2 HS2 3 National Rail services 4 Manchester Metrolink 4 1 Services 4 2 Ticket zones 5 References 6 External links 6 1 National rail 6 2 MetrolinkDescription EditThe station is 9 3 4 miles 15 7 km south of Manchester Piccadilly at the end of a short branch from the Styal Line constructed by British Rail in 1993 A branch of Manchester Metrolink runs into it It is accessed via a triangular junction located between Heald Green and Styal The station platforms are connected by escalator lift ramps and an elevated covered walkway known as the Sky Link to the airport terminal buildings in which is a staffed railway ticket office Throughout the airport complex the railway station is known as The Station and is signposted as such History EditNew platforms Edit In December 2008 a third platform opened after a year of construction and a total cost of 15 million The following year Network Rail noted that it had greatly increased operational flexibility at the station and reduced the number of times that late running trains had had to be terminated at Manchester Piccadilly 1 In 2009 Network Rail stated that the creation of the third platform has meant that the capacity at Manchester Airport will become constrained by the layover of the trains and congestion at the throat To solve this issue they have recommended building a line underneath the airport towards Northwich in the 2019 to 2024 period 2 In July 2012 support for a fourth railway platform was announced by the Government 3 The current platforms are eight carriage lengths long so each can accommodate two trains of four carriages A fourth platform will allow greater use of longer trains of six carriages or more This had been recommended as part of the Northern Hub scheme of rail improvements around Manchester by the 2010 Manchester Hub Rail Study and the 2011 Northern Route Utilisation Strategy with an estimated cost of 23 million 4 In February 2014 construction commenced on a new 20m fourth platform at the station The start of construction was attended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne Construction of the new platform was completed in May 2015 three years earlier than the 2018 estimate given in 2012 5 6 This was to allow engineering work to overlap with that being done on the Manchester Metrolink extension to the airport see below so that the fourth platform could be used for the extra traffic generated by the Ordsall Chord opened 10 December 2017 while the fourth platform itself opened to passengers in Autumn 2015 7 8 HS2 Edit Main article Manchester Airport High Speed station In January 2013 the Government announced that Manchester Airport would be included in the second phase of the High Speed 2 railway line This will enable Manchester Airport to be reached from London Euston in 59 minutes The new line and associated new station will pass to the west of the Airport away from the existing railway station and transport interchange giving the airport two disconnected railways stations approximately 1 mile apart 9 The proposed Manchester Airport High Speed StationNational Rail services EditNorthern TrainsRoute 6vteCumbrian Coast Furnessand Windermere Lines Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Eskdale Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby in Furness Askam Barrow in Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark amp Cartmel Kents Bank Grange over Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Mauldeth Road Burnage East Didsbury Gatley Heald Green Manchester Airport Bootle Braystones Drigg Flimby Green Road Kirkby in Furness Nethertown Parton and Silecroft are request stops Map showing heavy rail and Metrolink access to the airport TransPennine Express Class 185 on platform 2 was 1a arriving from Manchester Piccadilly The station is managed by TransPennine Express TPE All services are operated by TPE Northern Trains and Transport for Wales TfW There are eight trains per hour tph to Manchester Piccadilly and beyond seven of which start and end their journeys here and the other continues south to Crewe via Wilmslow The current off peak service pattern as of December 2022 is as follows TransPennine Express 10 1tph to Saltburn 1tph to Carlisle continuing alternately to Edinburgh Waverley or Glasgow CentralNorthern Trains 11 2tph to Blackpool North 1tph to Lancaster of which 11tpd continue to Barrow in Furness and 4tpd continue to Windermere 1tph to Liverpool Lime Street via Newton le Willows 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly 1tph to CreweTransport for Wales 12 1tph to Chester Most trains continue to Llandudno with 2tpd continuing to HolyheadThere are no long distance services to the airport from the south a Central Trains service from Skegness via Derby and Crewe was cut in 2003 13 while Virgin CrossCountry services from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh or Glasgow were withdrawn the same year It was planned that infrastructure developments that are part of the Northern Hub system of schemes such as the Ordsall Chord should enable direct trains to Manchester Victoria and on towards Bradford from May 2019 However the introduction of the May 2018 timetable one of the most radical in decades caused punctuality through Manchester to drop sharply and it became common for TransPennine Express to terminate delayed services at Manchester Piccadilly or Victoria rather than continue onto the final destination at Manchester Airport 14 15 Any future additional services to the Airport are in doubt without further infrastructure works unresolved issues surround the lack of new through platforms at Manchester Piccadilly which have been shelved by the government and the Styal Line to Manchester Airport operating at full capacity with little resilience to absorb delays 16 Preceding station National Rail Following stationTerminusTransport for Wales Rail Chester to Manchester LineEast DidsburyTransPennine Express Anglo Scottish RouteManchester PiccadillyTransPennine Express North TransPennineManchester PiccadillyGatleyNorthern Trains Manchester Airport to Blackpool NorthHeald GreenManchester PiccadillyNorthern Trains Windermere Barrow in Furness to Manchester AirportGatleyHeald GreenNorthern Trains Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime StreetStyalNorthern Trains Styal Line local stopping serviceManchester Metrolink EditManchester AirportMetrolink station Metrolink platformsGeneral informationLocationManchesterEnglandCoordinates53 21 55 N 2 16 20 W 53 36540 N 2 27229 W 53 36540 2 27229Line s Airport LinePlatforms2Other informationStatusIn operationFare zone4HistoryOpened3 November 2014 8 years ago 2014 11 03 Route mapLegend to Victoria Trafford Bar Firswood Chorlton St Werburgh s Road to East Didsbury Barlow Moor Road River Mersey Sale Water Park M60 Northern Moor Wythenshawe Park Moor Road Mid Cheshire Line Baguley Roundthorn Martinscroft M56 Benchill Crossacres Wythenshawe Town Centre Robinswood Road Peel Hall Shadowmoss Manchester Airport This diagram viewtalkeditLocation The Manchester Metrolink light rail network was extended from St Werburgh s Road to Manchester Airport as part of the Phase 3 expansion project 17 The Metrolink station has been built adjacent to the airport station 18 It is the terminus of the Airport Line Following a period of uncertainty due to funding problems the plans were finally given the go ahead in May 2009 The confirmed route would not complete the full airport loop as proposed but trams would run along the northern route via Wythenshawe Completion of the western side of the loop is subject to further funding in a later project 19 20 An opening date of Summer 2016 had originally been indicated for opening of the Airport line 21 but the line opened early on 3 November 2014 22 23 Services Edit Trams run between Manchester Airport and Victoria every 12 minutes An early morning service runs from 03 19 06 00 am every 20 minutes Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following stationTerminus Manchester Airport Deansgate Castlefield Shadowmosstowards Deansgate CastlefieldManchester Airport Victoria Shadowmosstowards VictoriaProposedShadowmosstowards Cornbrook Manchester Airport Line proposed Davenport Greentowards RoundthornTicket zones Edit With the introduction to a zonal ticketing system on Metrolink services in January 2019 Manchester Airport is located within zone 4 24 References Edit Connecting local communities Route Plan 2009 for Route 20 North West Urban Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Network Rail 2009 page 6 Connecting local communities Route Plan 2009 for Route 20 North West Urban Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Network Rail 2009 page 27 Historic day for Greater Manchester s rail network Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Transport for Greater Manchester 16 July 2012 Manchester Hub Rail Study Network Rail February 2010Northern Route Utilisation Strategy Archived 10 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Network Rail May 2011 page 7 and pp 55 56 Chancellor unveils the start of 600m rail investment in the north of England Press release Network Rail 7 February 2014 Retrieved 22 February 2017 Manchester Airport station reopens after work to build a fourth platform is completed Press release Network Rail 9 February 2015 Archived from the original on 13 February 2015 Retrieved 13 February 2015 Bickerdike Graeme 10 March 2015 And then there were 4 Rail Engineer Coalville Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 10 June 2019 Cox Charlotte 18 August 2015 Manchester Airport rail station s fourth platform completed ahead of schedule Manchester Evening News Trinity Mirror Retrieved 10 June 2019 Route HSM28 Plan and Profile Sheet 5 of 9 PDF Map 1 5000 Timetables Download timetables First TransPennine Express TransPennine Express Retrieved 11 December 2022 Northern Trains Timetables Northern Retrieved 11 December 2022 Wales amp UK Train Timetables TfW Transport for Wales Retrieved 11 December 2022 Train services to be cut BBC News 17 February 2003 Unacceptable NorthernFail the travel chaos passengers faced on first working day of new Northern timetable Manchester Evening News 21 May 2018 Retrieved 21 May 2018 A big chunk of Northern s timetable is back on Monday but not for many Greater Manchester passengers Manchester Evening News 29 July 2018 As an industry we are really sorry for the impact that this has had on customers Congestion on the network within the Manchester area has been a factor in the disruption and as all our services run through this corridor this caused a knock on effect on our services across the North Timetable recast too much too quickly Railway Gazette 4 June 2018 Retrieved 13 August 2018 Metrolink Future Network PDF GMPTE 2006 Archived from the original PDF on 17 July 2006 Retrieved 28 December 2008 map of the proposed network expansion Metrolink Network proposed South Manchester amp Manchester Airport extension map GMPTE 2005 Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 Retrieved 21 May 2009 Metrolink back on track BBC Manchester 13 May 2009 Retrieved 17 May 2009 Linton Deborah 13 May 2009 1 4bn transport deal unveiled Manchester Evening News Archived from the original on 23 December 2012 Retrieved 17 May 2009 Airport line Manchester Metrolink Transport for Greater Manchester Archived from the original on 13 November 2012 Retrieved 19 May 2013 Trams to Manchester Airport to arrive more than A YEAR early Transport for Greater Manchester Archived from the original on 30 June 2014 Retrieved 20 June 2014 New Metrolink line to Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport to open on November 3 a year ahead of schedule Manchester Evening News 13 October 2014 Archived from the original on 18 October 2014 Metrolink ticket zones map TfGM Retrieved 5 December 2018 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manchester Airport station National rail Edit Train times and station information for Manchester Airport station from National Rail TransPennine Express Official web siteMetrolink Edit Metrolink airport line extension proposals TfGM Metrolink stop information Manchester Airport area map Manchester Airport Metrolink station plans Coordinates 53 21 54 N 2 16 23 W 53 36500 N 2 27306 W 53 36500 2 27306 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Manchester Airport station amp oldid 1132757221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
