Manchester Exchange railway station
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Manchester Exchange Station was a railway station located to the north of Manchester city centre. It served Liverpool; Huddersfield and Leeds; and Warrington, Chester and North Wales. It originally provided alternative services to London. It was opened by the LNWR in 1884. It was located next to and above the River Irwell and since 1929 had a platform link with the adjacent Manchester Victoria Station: platform 3 of Exchange was extended to meet Victoria's platform 11, thus creating Europe's longest platform (nearly 670 m). The station was closed in 5 May 1969 and all services redirected to Manchester Victoria. The site is now occupied by a car park.
[edit] External links
- A leaflet from the late 1920s, advertising period excursions to North Wales from Manchester Exchange
- History page, including photographs, at Disused-stations.org.uk
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