2. Railways

Manchester Piccadilly between trains

During a journey break enroute from Fife to Dorset, on 6/5/10, for the Swanage Railway Diesel Gala and Beer Festival I spent a few hours between trains at Manchester's Piccadilly station. After the gala I made the same journey north again with a few more hours on the platform at Piccadilly on 10/5/10.
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    390042 passes the station running in board on the platform end announcing the terminating stop. The train is 1H67 1240 from London Euston.
    A pair of Northern Trains class 323 EMUs glide away from Piccadilly on their respective class 2 workings. 323225 on the left heads to Hadfield as 2H74 1448 off. At the same time 3213226 works 2K18 to Stoke on Trent.
    A busy scene out in the throat with three arriving trains and one departing. Departing is 323223 with an unknown working, arriving is 170308 with 1K15 1238 from Hull to Manchester Airport with 185143 on 1P37 1200 from Middlesborough, also for the airport. Finally is 150275 working 2N28 1441 from Stockport to Preston.