Manchester Piccadilly Partial Closure to Begin on February 14

From February 14 until February 22, Manchester Piccadilly will be partially closed to allow for improvements to be made to tracks and signalling systems in the area.

The closure, announced in November 2025, will cost £7.9 million, modernising the route of trains coming in from the south of Manchester.

Workers will change 11 sets of points, in addition to replacing sleepers, some of which date back to the 1980s. This stretch of track, which carries as much as 30 million tonnes of traffic each year, saw 35 faults in 2024.

Network Rail has confirmed that no trains will run into Manchester Piccadilly from the south or east of the city for this period. Trains from the north, as well as services to Manchester Airport, will also be heavily impacted.

Consequently, the company is advising passengers to travel light and to allow extra time for journeys.

Platforms 1-12 will be closed for the duration of the works. El Pollock @ Wikimedia Commons.

From the south, Avanti West Coast Main Line and Cross Country services will instead terminate at Stockport. A limited service will operate from Crewe to Manchester Airport, with all other airport services to be replaced by buses.

From the east, fast services from Sheffield will also terminate at Stockport, while services from Leeds will only travel to Manchester Victoria.

From the north, services from Liverpool will only go as far as Manchester Oxford Road, while TransPennine Express trains from Scotland will terminate at Preston.

There will be rail replacement bus services from both Stockport and Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly.

Manchester Piccadilly’s concourse will remain open for the duration of the works, while bus and Metrolink travel will be unaffected.