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Train to Piccadilly.
To Manchester Piccadilly.
Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales, from the railway platforms in the station to manchester piccadilly.
Priced per traveler.
Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.
| Travelers | Each | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 adult | £6.20 | £6.20 |
| 2 adults | £6.20 | £12.40 |
| 3 adults | £6.20 | £18.60 |
| 4 adults | £6.20 | £24.80 |
| 5 adults | £6.20 | £31 |
| 6 adults | £6.20 | £37.20 |
| 7 adults | £6.20 | £43.40 |
| 8 adults | £6.20 | £49.60 |
The Anytime Day Single is £6.20, valid on any train of any operator at any hour on the day shown, bought online in advance, at a ticket office, at a machine, or immediately before travel. An Off-Peak Day Single is £5.20 when off-peak hours apply; check before you travel. Children aged 5 to 15 pay half on most tickets, under-fives travel free on most journeys. Advance Singles from £3.40 exist for one booked train only, valid on booked TfW services only.
From arrivals to Manchester Piccadilly
Three steps once you have collected your bags.
Find the station
The railway platforms in The Station.
Buy and validate a ticket
Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.
Ride to Manchester Piccadilly
13–20 min.
Worth knowing
Tuesday to Friday: first train 03:21 (03:59 on Mondays), last 02:28 the next morning, with night trains at 00:38, 01:14 and 01:50 before it. Saturdays: 03:21 to 23:46, then nothing until Sunday's first at 07:37 (07:20 from 15 November). Sundays: to 23:36, then 00:38 on Monday morning.
It is £1.60 more than the tram and £4.20 more than the bus, and it saves 36 minutes on the tram and about 50 on the daytime bus. At 16 minutes it is the fastest thing on this page by a distance.
Advertised "from" prices are not the walk-up fare: Northern's £3.90 needs booking 9 weeks ahead, TPE's £5.70 is its cheapest Advance, and Advance fares tie you to one specific train. A flight is not a train, so book the walk-up fare instead.
It runs through the night on weekdays: trains at 00:38, 01:14, 01:50 and 02:28 on Tuesday to Saturday mornings, then the day's first at 03:21 — the longest gap is 53 minutes. The airport's own page prints different times (first 04:12, last 01:34); go by the timetable's 03:21 and 02:28.
The gap is the weekend. Saturday's last train is 23:46 and Sunday's first 07:37 (07:20 from 15 November); Sunday night has one train at 00:38 and then nothing until 03:59. The 43 covers both.
A ticket bought to "Manchester CTLZ" rather than to Piccadilly includes the Metrolink in zone 1, so St Peter's Square, Deansgate-Castlefield, Market Street and Victoria come free with it.
Up to eight trains an hour by day, unevenly spaced — three operators share the line — so a wait is rarely more than ten minutes. The airport says "every 10 minutes"; Northern's "every 23 minutes" counts its own trains only.