Manchester city centre is served by two major railway stations, Victoria in the north (the area around the station has recently undergone extensive redevelopment with much more to come) and Piccadilly (transformed in recent years and voted the UK's most popular station in 2007) in the south.
Piccadilly is the main destination for trains from around the UK eg London,Birmingham,Leeds etc. Victoria has trains from Bradford and local services from elsewhere in North West England.
Trains from Liverpool, Leeds, York, Sheffield and Nottingham may also stop at Manchester Oxford Road which is convenient for the University.
Other stations in the city centre are Deansgate, and Salford Central, but generally only local services stop at these stations.
Virgin Trains operates service between Manchester Picadilly and London Euston. This journey, on the West Coast Mainline, takes just over 2 hours in Pendolino trains that do not need to slow down when going around bends. Prices are as low as £11 each way if booked online in advance.
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