Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England.
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Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England.
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Manchester Piccadilly is a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
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Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Manchester Piccadilly station was refurbished, taking five years and costing £100million ; it was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time.
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The present Manchester Piccadilly Metrolink stop is proposed to be relocated from ground-level below the existing station platforms to a new larger four-platform stop located underground below the high speed station.
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The station was shared from the beginning with the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Piccadilly Railway following an agreement made by the promoters in 1837.
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The station's approach leading to the end of Manchester Piccadilly was constructed in 1969 along with the "wavy" fronted Gateway House designed by the architect Richard Seifert.
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Manchester Piccadilly is accessible for disabled people and has escalators and lifts to all levels, wide-access doors and gates, braille signs, hearing loops and disabled toilet facilities.
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Manchester Piccadilly is currently served by six train operating companies:.
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Provision for a second stop at ground-level to the east of the high speed station called Manchester Piccadilly Central is proposed to provide for future expansions of the Metrolink network.
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In 2009, the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority advocated reopening the neighbouring derelict Mayfield station to alleviate capacity problems but the proposal was not advanced; plans focused on increasing track capacity on the cross-city route between Piccadilly and Oxford Road stations were pursued.
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Proposals would simplify train operations at Manchester Piccadilly, creating close associations between pairs of lines leading out of the station and particular platforms while requiring only a few crossing moves.
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The importance of directly integrating this underground facility with the existing Manchester Piccadilly Station has been emphasised as well; however, the report observes that the necessary financing for the programme is still lacking.
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