• Disabled access at Manchester Piccadilly station

  • Station acccessibility

    All entrances are step free.

    There is a low counter in the ticket office and there are accessible ticket machines around the station.

    Lifts: 

    • Platforms 8/9 – overbridge
    • Platforms 10/11 – overbridge
    • Satellite Lounge – Fairfield Street car park – platform 12
    • Multi-storey car park (x2)
    • Upper concourse – platform level – Fairfield Street car park
    • Platforms 13/14 – overbridge
    • Concourse to retail level (x2)
    • Concourse level – mezzanine – Metrolink platforms (operated by Metrolink)
    Requesting assistance

    Please contact your train operator giving at least 24 hours notice where possible:

    Alternatively ask a member of station staff, or go to:

    • Information booth - on the concourse, Monday to Saturday 07:00 - 22:00, Sunday 08:30 - 21:00
    • Meeting point - in the centre of the concourse
    • Reception - near the entrance to platform 1, Monday to Friday 07:00 - 20:00, weekends 10:00 - 16:30

     

  • Accessible toilets
    • Opposite platforms 11-12
    • Satellite Lounge (near the footbridge, towards platforms 13-14)
    Wheelchairs
    Our mobility assistance staff have access to wheelchairs.
    Getting to and from the station

    Bus
    Buses to and from the city leave outside the Fairfield Street entrance and from Piccadilly Gardens.

    Metroshuttle 1, 3: Depart from the Piccadilly entrance on circular routes around the centre. Free, wheelchair accessible.

    147: Goes from Fairfield Street to the universities and central hospitals via Oxford Road then returns to the station.

    Tram
    Metrolink trams are wheelchair accessible and run to the centre, Altrincham, Bury and Eccles. A lift and escalators connect the train station to the platform. You can buy tickets from machines on the platform.

    Car
    Pick up and drop off area: Fairfield Street short stay car park (sat nav: M1 2QF). There are lifts from the car park entrance to platforms 12, 13 and 14.

    There are 3 Blue Badge spaces in the short stay car park less than 50 metres of the station entrance. There is a lift to the main concourse.

    There are Blue Badge spaces in the long stay car park approximately 100 metres away from the station. Vehicle access is on Station Approach. See parking at Piccadilly for details.

    Taxi
    The taxi rank is at the Fairfield Street entrance. A lift connects it to the concourse.

    See traintaxi for more information.

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  • Our policy

    We are constantly working to improve access for passengers at our stations. More information is available at this page: