Manchester Airport station

Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport
Location	Ringway, Manchester; England
Grid reference	SJ819853
Managed by	TransPennine Express
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	MIA
Fare zone	4 (Metrolink)
Classification	DfT category B
Key dates
May 1993	Opened
2004	Refurbished
2008	Third platform opened
2014	Metrolink services begin
2015	Fourth platform added
Passengers
2015/16	3.632 million
2016/17	4.241 million
2017/18	4.645 million
2018/19	5.708 million
2019/20	5.747 million
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

Description[]

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 manned 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]

HS2[]

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 Interchange Station

National Rail services[]

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Route 6

TransPennine Express Class 185 on platform 2 (was 1a) arriving from Manchester Piccadilly

Map showing heavy rail and Metrolink access to the airport

Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales are the three current franchise holders that serve Manchester Airport. Services between the airport and Crewe (for connections to Southern England); Manchester Piccadilly; various destinations throughout Northern England and, since December 2007, to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via Carlisle.

There is a frequent service from the airport to Manchester Piccadilly. Services also operate during the night to Manchester Piccadilly and beyond including Leeds; York; Doncaster; Sheffield; Scotland and Blackpool North.

There are currently nine trains per hour to Manchester Piccadilly. There are no long-distance services to the airport from the south; a Central Trains service from Manchester Airport to Skegness via Derby was cut back to Crewe in 2003,^[10] there was also Virgin Crosscountry services from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh or Glasgow, the Birmingham Services were cut in 2003 and the Scotland services were transferred to TransPennine Express in 2007.

In May 2016, Arriva Trains Wales began operating an hourly (off peak) Monday - Saturday service to Llandudno via Chester. It now operates 57 services a week compared to the previous 17. First TransPennine Express previously ran the service to Blackpool North but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise in April 2016.

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.^[11]^[12]

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.^[13]

Preceding station		National Rail	Following station
Terminus		Transport for Wales Rail Chester to Manchester Line	East Didsbury
		TransPennine Express TransPennine North West	Manchester Piccadilly
		TransPennine Express South TransPennine	Manchester Piccadilly
		TransPennine Express North TransPennine	Gatley
		TransPennine Express North TransPennine	Manchester Piccadilly
		Northern Trains Manchester Airport to Blackpool North via Chorley	Heald Green
		Northern Trains Windermere/Barrow-in-Furness to Manchester Airport	Heald Green
		Northern Trains Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central	East Didsbury
Styal		Northern Trains Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street via Chat Moss (Styal Line local stopping service)	Heald Green
	Future services
Terminus		Northern Connect Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Airport	Heald Green or Gatley or East Didsbury or Manchester Piccadilly
		Northern Connect Barrow-In-Furness/Windermere - Manchester Airport
		Northern Connect Bradford Interchange - Manchester Airport
		Northern Connect Blackpool North - Manchester Airport

Manchester Metrolink[]

Metrolink platforms

The Manchester Metrolink light rail network was extended from St Werburgh's Road to Manchester Airport as part of the Phase 3 expansion project.^[14] The Metrolink station has been built adjacent to the airport station.^[15] 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.^[16]^[17] An opening date of Summer 2016 had originally been indicated for opening of the Airport line^[18] but the line opened early on 3 November 2014.^[19]^[20]

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.

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink	Following station
Terminus		Manchester Airport - Deansgate-Castlefield Line	Shadowmoss towards Deansgate-Castlefield
Terminus		Manchester Airport – Victoria Line	Shadowmoss towards Victoria
	Proposed
Shadowmoss towards		Manchester Airport Line	Davenport Green towards

Ticket zones[]

With the introduction to a zonal ticketing system on Metrolink services in January 2019, Manchester Airport is located within zone 4.^[21]

References[]

^ 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 2010
Northern Route Utilisation Strategy, 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. 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.
^ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69079/hs2-msg-ma0-zz-dr-rt-52805.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ "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 & 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[]

National rail[]

Train times and station information for Manchester Airport station from National Rail
TransPennine Express Official web site

Metrolink[]

Coordinates: 53°21′54″N 2°16′23″W / 53.36500°N 2.27306°W / 53.36500; -2.27306

[1] 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

[2] 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

[3] Historic day for Greater Manchester's rail network Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Transport for Greater Manchester, 16 July 2012

[4] Manchester Hub Rail Study, Network Rail, February 2010
Northern Route Utilisation Strategy, Network Rail, May 2011, page 7 and pp. 55-56

[5] "Chancellor unveils the start of £600m rail investment in the north of England" (Press release). Network Rail. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[6] "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.

[7] Bickerdike, Graeme (10 March 2015). "And then there were 4". Rail Engineer. Coalville. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[8] 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.

[9] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69079/hs2-msg-ma0-zz-dr-rt-52805.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[10] "Train services to be cut". BBC News. 17 February 2003.

[11] "'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.

[12] "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.

[13] "Timetable recast: too much, too quickly". Railway Gazette. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[bbc-2006-map-14] "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

[metro-geog-map-15] "Metrolink Network - proposed South Manchester & Manchester Airport extension (map)". GMPTE. 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

[BBC-backontrack-16] "Metrolink: back on track?". BBC Manchester. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.

[MEN-130509-2-17] 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.

[18] "Airport line". Manchester Metrolink. Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

[Transport_for_Greater_Manchester-19] "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.

[20] "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.

[21] "Metrolink ticket zones map". TfGM. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

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Bury	Bury Bolton Street ^†( Bury) Ramsbottom ^† Summerseat ^†
Manchester (Manchester station group in italics)	Ardwick Ashburys Belle Vue Burnage Deansgate ( Deansgate-Castlefield) East Didsbury Gorton Levenshulme Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Mauldeth Road Moston Ryder Brow
Oldham	Greenfield
Rochdale	Castleton Heywood ^† Littleborough Mills Hill Rochdale Smithy Bridge
Salford	Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden
Stockport	Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Cheadle Hulme Davenport Gatley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Marple Middlewood Reddish North Reddish South Romiley Rose Hill Marple Stockport ( Stockport) Strines Woodley Woodsmoor
Tameside	Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge
Trafford	Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Football Ground Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston
Wigan	Atherton Bryn Gathurst Hag Fold Hindley Ince Orrell Pemberton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate ( Wigan)
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Stations listed in italics are request stops.
A	Aber Abercynon Aberdare Aberdovey Abererch Abergavenny Abergele and Pensarn Aberystwyth Albrighton Alderley Edge Ammanford
B	Baglan Bangor Bargoed Barmouth Barry Barry Docks Barry Island Betws-y-Coed Bidston Bilbrook Birchgrove Birmingham International Birmingham New Street Blaenau Ffestiniog Bodorgan Borth Bow Street Bridgend Brithdir Briton Ferry Broome Buckley Bucknell Builth Road Bynea
C	Cadoxton Caergwrle Caerphilly Caersws Caldicot Cardiff Bay Cardiff Central Cardiff Parkway (from 2023) Cardiff Queen Street Carmarthen Cathays Cefn-y-Bedd Cheltenham Spa Chepstow Chester Chirk Church Stretton Cilmeri Clarbeston Road Clunderwen Codsall Cogan Colwyn Bay Conwy Coryton Cosford Craven Arms Crewe Criccieth Crosskeys Cwmbach Cwmbran Cynghordy
D	Danescourt Deganwy Dinas Powys Dinas Rhondda Dingle Road Dolau Dolgarrog Dolwyddelan Dovey Junction Dyffryn Ardudwy
E	Earlestown Eastbrook East Didsbury Ebbw Vale Parkway Ebbw Vale Town Energlyn and Churchill Park
F	Fairbourne Fairwater Fernhill Ferryside Ffairfach Fishguard and Goodwick Fishguard Harbour Flint Frodsham
G	Garth (Bridgend) Garth (Powys) Gilfach Fargoed Glan Conwy Gloucester Gobowen Gowerton Grangetown Gwersyllt
H	Harlech Haverfordwest Hawarden Hawarden Bridge Heath High Level Heath Low Level Helsby Hengoed Hereford Heswall Holyhead Hope (Flintshire) Hopton Heath
J	Johnston
K	Kidwelly Kilgetty Knighton Knucklas
L	Lamphey Leominster Lisvane and Thornhill Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Llanaber Llanbedr Llanbister Road Llanbradach Llandaf Llandanwg Llandecwyn Llandovery Llandrindod Llandudno Llandudno Junction Llandybie Llanelli Llanfairfechan Llanfairpwll Llangadog Llangammarch Llangennech Llangynllo Llanharan Llanhilleth Llanishen Llanrwst Llansamlet Llantwit Major Llanwrda Llanwrtyd Llwyngwril Llwynypia Ludlow Lydney
M	Machynlleth Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manorbier Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Milford Haven Minffordd Morfa Mawddach Mountain Ash
N	Nantwich Narberth Neath Neston Newbridge Newport Newton-le-Willows Newtown Ninian Park North Llanrwst
O	Oakengates
P	Pantyffynnon Pembrey and Burry Port Pembroke Pembroke Dock Penally Penarth Pencoed Pengam Penhelig Penmaenmawr Penrhiwceiber Penrhyndeudraeth Pensarn Pentre-bach Pen-y-Bont Penychain Penyffordd Pontarddulais Pontlottyn Pontyclun Pont-y-Pant Pontypool and New Inn Pontypridd Porth Porthmadog Port Talbot Parkway Prees Prestatyn Pwllheli Pye Corner Pyle
Q	Quakers Yard
R	Radyr Rhiwbina Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Rhosneigr Rhyl Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Rogerstone Roman Bridge Ruabon Runcorn Runcorn East
S	Sarn Saundersfoot Severn Tunnel Junction Shifnal Shotton Shrewsbury Skewen Smethwick Galton Bridge Stafford Stockport Sugar Loaf Swansea
T	Taffs Well Talsarnau Talybont Tal-y-Cafn Telford Central Tenby Tir-Phil Tondu Tonfanau Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Tŷ Croes Ty Glas Tygwyn Tywyn
U	Upton
V	Valley
W	Warrington Bank Quay Waun-gron Park Wellington Welshpool Wem Whitchurch (Cardiff) Whitchurch (Shropshire) Whitland Wildmill Wilmslow Wolverhampton Wrenbury Wrexham Central Wrexham General
Y	Ynyswen Yorton Ystrad Mynach Ystrad Rhondda
Rail transport in the United Kingdom

show v t Railway stations served by TransPennine Express
A	Althorpe
B	Barnetby Batley Brough Burnage
C	Carlisle Carstairs Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Cottingley Crowle
D	Darlington Deighton Dewsbury Doncaster Dore and Totley Durham
E	East Didsbury Edinburgh Waverley
G	Garforth Gatley Gilberdyke Glasgow Central Greenfield Grimsby Town
H	Habrough Hatfield and Stainforth Haymarket Howden Huddersfield Hull
K	Kirk Sandall
L	Lancaster Lea Green Leeds Liverpool Lime Street Lockerbie
M	Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Marsden Mauldeth Road Meadowhall Middlesbrough Mirfield Morley Morpeth Mossley Motherwell
N	Newcastle Newton-le-Willows Northallerton
O	Oxenholme Lake District
P	Penrith North Lakes Preston
R	Ravensthorpe Redcar Central Rotherham Central
S	Scarborough Scunthorpe Seamer Selby Sheffield Slaithwaite South Milford St Helens Central Stalybridge Stockport
T	Thirsk Thornaby Thorne South
W	Wigan North Western
Y	Yarm York
Rail transport in the United Kingdom

show v t Railway stations served by Northern Trains
Stations listed in italics are request stops.
A	Accrington Acklington Adlington (Cheshire) Adlington (Lancashire) Adwick Alderley Edge Alfreton Allens West Alnmouth for Alnwick Althorpe Altrincham Ansdell and Fairhaven Apperley Bridge Appleby Appley Bridge Ardwick Armathwaite Arnside Arram Ashburys Ashley Ashton-under-Lyne Askam-in-Furness Aspatria Atherton
B	Baildon Bamber Bridge Bamford Bardon Mill Bare Lane Barnetby Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Batley Battersby Belle Vue Bempton Ben Rhydding Bentham Bentley (South Yorkshire) Berry Brow Bescar Lane Beverley Billingham Bingley Birchwood Bishop Auckland Blackburn Blackpool North Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South Blackrod Blaydon Bolton Bolton-on-Dearne Bootle Bradford Forster Square Bradford Interchange Bramhall Bramley (West Yorkshire) Brampton (Cumbria) Braystones Bredbury Bridlington Brierfield Brigg Brighouse Brinnington Broad Green Broadbottom Brockholes Bromley Cross Broomfleet Brough Bryn Buckshaw Parkway Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley Park Burnage Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Burnley Manchester Road Burneside Burscough Bridge Burscough Junction Buxton
C	Cark and Cartmel Carlisle Carnforth Castleford Castleton Castleton Moor Cattal Chapel-en-le-Frith Chapeltown Chassen Road Chathill Cheadle Hulme Chelford Cherry Tree Chester Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chinley Chorley Church and Oswaldtwistle Church Fenton Clapham (North Yorkshire) Cleethorpes Clifton Clitheroe Colne Commondale Congleton Conisbrough Cononley Corbridge Corkickle Cottingham Cottingley Cramlington Crewe Crossflatts Cross Gates Croston Crowle Cuddington
D	Daisy Hill Dalston (Cumbria) Dalton Danby Darlington Darnall Darton Darwen Davenport Deansgate Deighton Delamere Denby Dale Dent Denton Derby Dewsbury Dinsdale Dinting Disley Dodworth Doncaster Dore and Totley Dove Holes Driffield Drigg Dronfield Dunston Durham
E	Eaglescliffe Earlestown East Didsbury East Garforth Eastrington Eccles Eccleston Park Edale Edge Hill Egton Ellesmere Port Elsecar Entwistle Euxton Balshaw Lane
F	Fairfield Farnworth Featherstone Ferriby Filey Fitzwilliam Flimby Flixton Flowery Field Foxfield Frizinghall Frodsham Furness Vale
G	Gainsborough Central Gainsborough Lea Road Garforth Gargrave Garsdale Garswood Gathurst Gatley Giggleswick Gilberdyke Glaisdale Glasshoughton Glazebrook Glossop Godley Goldthorpe Goole Goostrey Gorton Grange-over-Sands Great Ayton Green Road Greenbank Grimsby Town Grindleford Grosmont Guide Bridge Guiseley Gypsy Lane
H	Habrough Hadfield Hag Fold Hale Halewood Halifax Hall i' th' Wood Haltwhistle Hammerton Handforth Hapton Harrington Harrogate Hartlepool Hatfield and Stainforth Hathersage Hattersley Haydon Bridge Hazel Grove Headingley Heald Green Heaton Chapel Hebden Bridge Heighington Hellifield Helsby Hensall Hessle Heworth Hexham Heysham Port Hindley Holmes Chapel Honley Hope Horden Hornbeam Park Horsforth Horton-in-Ribblesdale Horwich Parkway Hoscar Hough Green Howden Huddersfield Hull Humphrey Park Huncoat Hunmanby Hunts Cross Hutton Cranswick Huyton Hyde Central Hyde North
I	Ilkley Ilkeston Ince Ince and Elton Irlam
J	James Cook
K	Kearsley Keighley Kendal Kents Bank Kidsgrove Kildale Kirk Sandall Kirkby Kirkby-in-Furness Kirkby Stephen Kirkham and Wesham Kirkstall Forge Kirton Lindsey Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park Knaresborough Knottingley Knutsford
L	Lancaster Langho Langley Mill Langwathby Layton Lazonby and Kirkoswald Lea Green Lealholm Leeds Levenshulme Leyland Lincoln Littleborough Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Lockwood Long Preston Longbeck Longport Lostock Lostock Gralam Lostock Hall Low Moor Lytham
M	Macclesfield Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Manors Marple Marsden¹ Marske Marton Maryport Mauldeth Road Meadowhall Menston Meols Cop MetroCentre Mexborough Micklefield Middlesbrough Middlewood Mill Hill (Lancashire) Millom Mills Hill Mirfield Mobberley Moorside Moorthorpe Morecambe Morley Morpeth Moses Gate Moss Side Mossley Mossley Hill Moston Mouldsworth Mytholmroyd
N	Nafferton Navigation Road Nelson Nethertown New Lane New Mills Central New Mills Newtown New Pudsey Newcastle Newton Aycliffe Newton for Hyde Newton-le-Willows Normanton North Road Northwich Nottingham Nunthorpe
O	Ormskirk Orrell Outwood Oxenholme Lake District
P	Padgate Pannal Parbold Parton Patricroft Pegswood Pemberton Penistone Pleasington Plumley Pontefract Baghill Pontefract Monkhill Pontefract Tanshelf Poppleton Poulton-le-Fylde Poynton Prescot Prestbury Preston Prudhoe
R	Rainford Rainhill Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Ravenglass Ravensthorpe Rawcliffe Redcar Central Redcar East Reddish North Reddish South Retford Ribblehead Riding Mill Rishton Roby Rochdale Romiley Roose Rose Grove Rose Hill Marple Rotherham Central Rufford Runcorn East Ruswarp Ryder Brow
S	St Annes-on-the-Sea St Bees St Helens Central St Helens Junction Salford Central Salford Crescent Saltaire Saltburn Saltmarshe Salwick Sandal and Agbrigg Sandbach Sankey for Penketh Saxilby Scarborough Scunthorpe Seaham Seamer Seascale Seaton Carew Selby Sellafield Settle Sheffield Shepley Sherburn-in-Elmet Shildon Shipley Shireoaks Silecroft Silkstone Common Silverdale Skipton Sleights Smithy Bridge Snaith South Bank South Elmsall South Milford Southport Sowerby Bridge Squires Gate Stalybridge Stanlow and Thornton Starbeck Staveley Steeton and Silsden Stockport Stocksfield Stocksmoor Stockton Stoke-on-Trent Streethouse Strines Styal Sunderland Swinton (Greater Manchester) Swinton (South Yorkshire)
T	Teesside Airport Thatto Heath Thornaby Thorne North Thorne South Thurnscoe Todmorden Trafford Park
U	Ulleskelf Ulverston Upholland Urmston
W	Wakefield Kirkgate Wakefield Westgate Walkden Walsden Warrington Bank Quay Warrington Central Warrington West Wavertree Technology Park Weeton Wennington West Allerton Westhoughton Wetheral Whaley Bridge Whalley Whiston Whitby Whitehaven Whitley Bridge Widdrington Widnes Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate Wigton Wilmslow Windermere Wombwell Woodhouse Woodlesford Woodley Woodsmoor Workington Worksop Wressle Wylam
Y	York
Rail transport in the United Kingdom

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Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)	Deansgate Square South Tower (201m) Beetham Tower (169m) Deansgate Square East Tower (158m) Elizabeth Tower (152m) Deansgate Square West Tower (140m) Deansgate Square North Tower (122m) Affinity Living Circle Square Tower 1 (118m) CIS Tower (118m) Angel Gardens (108m) City Tower (107m) 17 New Wakefield Street (106m) Oxygen Tower (102m)
Highrises (over 50 metres)	Artisan Heights (95m) Axis Tower (93m) 1 Spinningfields (92m) River Street Tower (92m) Arndale House (90m) Manchester Town Hall Clock Tower (87m) Civil Justice Centre (81m) Manchester One (80m) 3 Hardman Street (75m) Great Northern Tower (72m) One Angel Square (72m) The Principal Manchester (66m) Victoria Mill (65m) 111 Piccadilly (64m) Skyline Central (63m) The Peninsula (63m) No. 1 Deansgate (62m) Owens Park Tower (61m) Manchester Business School Hotel (60m) One St Peter's Square (59m) Two St Peter's Square (59m) Minshull Street Courts (57m) Royal Exchange Theatre (55m) Bank Chambers (55m) 82 King Street (52m) New Century House (50m)
Notable lowrises (city centre or Grade II* listed)	1 The Avenue 1–3 York Street 25 St Ann Street 38 and 42 Mosley Street 46–48 Brown Street 50 Newton Street 53 King Street 84 Plymouth Grove 100 King Street Afflecks Alan Turing Building Albert Hall Ancoats Hospital Arkwright House Athenaeum Baguley Hall Bank Chambers Barlow Hall Barton Arcade Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre Central Library Chetham's Library Chips Clayton Hall Corn Exchange County Court Daily Express Dalton-Ellis Hall Didsbury Campus Estate Exchange Former Bank of England Free Trade Hall Gateway House Old Granada Studios The Green Building Grove House The Haçienda Hanover Building Heaton Hall Holyoake House Hough End Hall Hulme Hall Hulme Hippodrome Institute of Biotechnology John Rylands Library John Rylands University Library Kendals Lawrence Buildings Law Library Lincoln House London Road Fire Station Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Museum Mechanics' Institute Memorial Hall Midland Hotel Minshull Street Crown Courts Science and Industry Museum National Graphene Institute Nicholls Building Odeon Cinema Old Wellington Inn Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum Portico Library Playhouse Theatre Redfern Building Reform Club Rose Hill Royal Eye Hospital Rylands Building Sackville Street Building Sharston Hall Ship Canal House Slade Hall Smithfield Market Hall St. Anselm Hall St Mary's Hospital Strangeways Sunlight House Theatre Royal Toast Rack The Towers Transport Museum Urbis Victoria Baths Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Hall Wythenshawe Bus Garage Wythenshawe Hall
Mills and warehouses	107 Piccadilly 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station Albion Mill Asia House Beehive Mill Bridgewater House Brownsfield Mill Brunswick Mill Canada House Chorlton New Mills Churchgate House Dale Street Warehouse Havelock Mills India House Jackson's Warehouse Lancaster House McConnel & Kennedy Mills Murrays' Mills Old Mill Piccadilly Mill Royal Mill Shudehill Mill Watts Warehouse
Religious (Grade I or II* listed)	British Muslim Heritage Centre Brookfield Church Castlefield Chapel Christ Church Cross Street Chapel Holy Name of Jesus Edgar Wood Centre Gorton Monastery Holy Trinity Platt Church Jewish Museum Manchester Cathedral Manchester Reform Synagogue St Ann's St Chrysostom's Church Church of St Cross St. George St James St John St. Mary Church of St Michael St Nicholas St Peter Upper Brook Street Chapel St Wilfrid
Transportation	Manchester Airport Airport station Deansgate station Piccadilly station Victoria station Oxford Road station Piccadilly bus station Shudehill Interchange
Entertainment	O₂ Apollo Arndale Centre Bridgewater Hall Castlefield Bowl Central Contact Theatre Cornerhouse The Factory Great Northern Warehouse HOME Palace Theatre Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre Opera House The Printworks Manchester Arena Manchester Academy O₂ Ritz Royal Exchange Theatre Victoria Warehouse
Sports venues	Aquatics Centre Belle Vue Stadium Broadhurst Park National Cycling Centre (BMX Arena, Velodrome) Etihad Campus City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City Academy Stadium Manchester Regional Arena National Speedway Stadium National Squash Centre
Memorials and sculptures	Alan Turing Memorial Albert Memorial B of the Bang Cenotaph Emmeline Pankhurst statue Peacock Mausoleum Victory Over Blindness
Bridges	Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct Trinity Bridge Victoria Bridge
Architecture Castles Churches Grade I listed Grade II* listed Grade II listed Mills Monuments Tallest Warehouses Italics denote building under construction

Manchester Airport

Location	Ringway, Manchester England
Grid reference	SJ819853
Managed by	TransPennine Express
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	MIA
Fare zone	4 (Metrolink)
Classification	DfT category B
Key dates
May 1993	Opened
2004	Refurbished
2008	Third platform opened
2014	Metrolink services begin
2015	Fourth platform added
Passengers
2015/16	3.632 million
2016/17	4.241 million
2017/18	4.645 million
2018/19	5.708 million
2019/20	5.747 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road