Manchester Victoria Railway Station
| Manchester Victoria | |
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 Exterior view of the train station
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| Data | |
| Platform tracks | 6th |
| abbreviation | MCV |
| IBNR | 7001584 |
| opening | 1844 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | George Stephenson |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Manchester |
| Metropolitan Borough | City of Manchester |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 29 '14 " N , 2 ° 14' 33" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Manchester Victoria Station is the second main city Manchester to Manchester Piccadilly . The connection with this is made by the Manchester Metrolink , a tram and light rail. The train station is to the north of the city center while Piccadilly is to the south. The station belongs to station category B , which is referred to as a regional transfer hub . The station was frequented by over seven million travelers in 2015/2016, taking third place in Manchester after Piccadilly and Oxford Road.
location
The station is in the north of the city center, right on the banks of the River Irwell and thus also the city limits to Salford . Manchester Cathedral is nearby . The station is directly connected to the Manchester Arena , which had to give way to the northern platforms of the station in the 1980s.
history
The station was opened on January 1, 1844 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway as a replacement for the Oldham Road Station , which opened in 1839 . Godmother was the then reigning British Queen Victoria . On May 4, 1844, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway transferred from the previous terminus at Liverpool Road via a short connection to Victoria. Little by little, connections to London , Glasgow and Liverpool were established and Manchester Victoria became the busiest train station in England.
In 1884, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway built the Manchester Exchange Station on the opposite bank of Irwell in order to be able to operate its own station in Manchester again, even if the Exchange Station was in the neighboring city of Salford. The two operationally independent stations were connected to one another. In 1929 - both the Manchester and Leeds Railway and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway had long since merged into other railway companies that had been merged in 1923 to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway - the platform edge of Exchange platform 3 across the river became that of the Victoria-Gleises 11 connected, which with an extension of 680 meters made the longest platform in Europe. Three trains could be dispatched at the same time. The Exchange station was closed in 1969 under the Beeching ax , the area is now a car park.
However, during the 20th century, all long-distance traffic from Victoria was withdrawn and brought to Piccadilly. Today only regional trains run from Victoria.
As a connection to Piccadilly, the BR originally planned a tunnel route, the Picc-Vic tunnel , but this project was dropped in favor of the Manchester Metrolink .
The Salford Crescent - Manchester Deansgate connection established in 1988 caused a massive loss of importance for Victoria, because trains from the north and north-west can now also travel to the central Piccadilly and Oxford Road stations . The entire long-distance traffic from northern England and Scotland, as well as some of the regional trains, were moved to Piccadilly to enable direct connections to southern, eastern and western England and Wales.
In 2009 it was named one of the top ten worst B-category stations and the worst station on the entire UK rail network, prompting immediate rebuilding.
A major expansion program has been planned since 2010. The importance of Victoria should increase again, all local and regional trains from the north-west should no longer call at Piccadilly, but at Victoria to relieve the overcrowded Piccadilly station. For this measure, the previously single-track Salford Crescent station has to be rebuilt, as it now has the status of a transfer station, as long-distance traffic is to continue to run to Piccadilly. In 2014 and 2015, the station was renovated for £ 44 million. In addition, with the Ordsdall Chord, a connecting line will be built, with which the stations Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly will be connected. After the planned opening of the line in December 2017, four pairs of trains will serve the three main train stations in Manchester every hour. After the expansion of the project called Northern Hub , an increase in the number of passengers to around 12 million passengers per year is expected.
On May 22, 2017, a bomb exploded in the foyer of the Manchester Arena, which connects it with Victoria Station, after the concert by US singer Ariana Grande . 22 people died.
traffic
railroad
The station is generally served by Northern Rail trains. However, it also serves as an alternative station for other companies during construction work in Piccadilly station. Mainly trains from the north and west of the Greater Manchester region end here , but also some from the east - such as from Ashton-under-Lyne or Leeds . The TransPennine Express also serves the station every hour with the Liverpool Lime Street – Newcastle train.
Trains run from Victoria to Wigan , Kirkby , Southport , Blackpool , Leeds and Liverpool Lime Street .
The electrification of the connection to Liverpool , which is based on the original Rocket connection, has been in progress since July 2009 . The project, which costs around 100 million euros, is due to be completed in 2013.
Metrolink
The Manchester Metrolink , which has existed since 1992, stop at the edge of the station. Trains run from here to Bury or Manchester Piccadilly, among others .
The Victoria - Oldham railway line has been closed since December 2009 and was converted into a Metrolink line by 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/mancunian/expats/s/79/79408_what_victorias_done_for_us.html
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8363621.stm
- ↑ http://menmedia.co.uk/news/s/227980_victoria_could_rival_piccadilly_in_new_age_of_the_train
- ↑ BBC Manchester
- ↑ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/aroundtheweb/videos/northwestrailelectrification
- ↑ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/rail-electrification.pdf