Manchester Oxford Road Railway Station is a railway station in the city of Manchester, England. It stands at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It is Manchester's third busiest station after Piccadilly and Victoria. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960.
It serves the southern part of Manchester city centre, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, and is on the most-served bus route in Europe. The station consists of a ticket office, waiting rooms, automatic ticket gates, toilets, a buffet and a newsagent. It stands on a line from Manchester Piccadilly westwards towards Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool. Eastbound trains go beyond Piccadilly to Crewe, Leeds, Sheffield and other towns across Northern England.
Notable buildings close to the station include the Palace Theatre, the Cornerhouse, Palace Hotel, and the 106m 17 New Wakefield Street, which overlooks the station. The laminated wood station building. with its platform structures, was listed in 1995, and it is described by English Heritage as a "building of outstanding architectural quality and technological interest; one of the most dramatic stations in England."
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