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The Northern Hub was a rail upgrade programme between 2009 and 2020 in Northern England to improve and increase train services and reduce journey times between its major cities and towns, by electrify
Terminating platforms at Manchester Victoria in 2012, before modernisation
Approximately 90% of Arriva Rail North's rolling stock was built in the 1980s, including the unpopular "Pacers" (pictured). As of 2017, the last investment in new-built rolling stock for Northern was in 1998.
The partially complete new roof at Manchester Victoria in July 2014
A diagram showing the Ordsall Chord.
Manchester Victoria station
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Manchester Victoria in Manchester, England, is a combined main line railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it a
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…have allowed a further four trains per hour through the Castlefield corridor, however this was officially cancelled in May 2023. The refurbishment of Manchester Victoria station was completed in October 2015, this allowed it to become an east–west rail interchange and through station between Liverpool and Leeds. Trains from…
Station frontage, constructed in 1909
Victoria tram stop in 2015
Part of the original 1844 station building, photographed in 1989. Originally it had a single storey and the second storey was added in the 1860s.
Platforms 11 (left) and 12 (right), looking west towards Manchester Exchange in 1964