What is Manchester Piccadilly station?
'''Manchester Piccadilly station''' is the main railway station of [[Manchester]], [[England]]. It serves intercity routes to [[Euston railway station|London Euston]], [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]], [[South Wales]] and the south coast of England, [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh]] and [[Glasgow Central station|Glasgow Central]] in [[Scotland]], and routes throughout Northern England. One of 18&nbsp;British railway stations managed by [[Network Rail]], it is the largest and busiest of the five city centre railway stations in Central Manchester/Salford. The others are [[Manchester Victoria station|Manchester Victoria]], [[Salford Central railway station|Salford Central]], [[Deansgate railway station|Deansgate]] and [[Manchester Oxford Road railway station|Manchester Oxford Road]]. Piccadilly is the busiest station in England outside of [[London]] for passenger usage, and the second busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_0708.xls |title=Station Usage 2007-2008 |accessdate=2 June 2009 |format=xls |work=Office of Rail Regulation station usage statistics |archive-date=2010-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111060542/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_0708.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to an independent poll carried out in 2007, Manchester Piccadilly has the highest customer satisfaction level of any UK station, with 92% of passengers satisfied with the station; the national average was 60%.<ref>{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6927406.stm |publisher=BBC NEWS |title=Revamped station tops train poll |date=2 August 2007 |accessdate=17 September 2008}}</ref> [[File:Manchester Piccadilly station MMB 41 185135.jpg|300px|thumb|A [[TransPennine Express]] train departs from Manchester Piccadilly with a service to [[Manchester Airport]].]] == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Manchester Pi