Manchester Airport - platform 4 and Metro


On the 9th of February (2015) Manchester Airport station reopened after being closed to all but Metro traffic for 3 weeks. During the 3 week closure engineers installed new track and signalling in order to bring a new fourth platform into operation.

The construction of a fourth platform at the station is part of a wider £1bn package of improvements right across the North West that will increase capacity and improve journey times.

The new fourth platform will add much needed capacity and flexibility to the station which handles over 3 million passengers a year.

As well as a new platform for rail services, the station has also recently been extended in order to accept Metro trams serving the Airport Line. The latest addition to the growing Metro network opened in November last year.

The new Metro serves Wythenshawe town centre and Sale Water Park amongst other stations on route to Cornbrook, where the Metro will terminate for the time being. Once Second City Crossing (2CC) opens, the route will be extended to Victoria Station.

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Below are some images taken during the closure of the station




Metrolink tram pulls into the station, passing under a new bridge span which carries traffic over one of the main roads into the Airport

Passengers boarding the service to Cornbrook

Shadowmoss Metro stop, the first stop after the Airport station

Metrolink tram crossing Shadowmoss Rd heading toward Manchester


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