Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[bluemanchester]

platforms 13 & 14 were they the old Mayfield station adjacent to London Road Station before it changed its name to Picadilly Station

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

 

[WARBABY]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

Yes there was an entrance there I rember when I erected the new canopy over the entrance that the read Picadiil Station in about 61/62

 

[Newman Noggs]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield .

Pretty sure it still does only because I noticed it recently and thought "I've never noticed that before"

 

[mcfcinprague]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

Yes, I remember the sign as well and the entrance on Fairfield Street is still there but not in use any more. They were connected by a high level footbridge

You may find this 6 minute video (photo stills) interesting

 

[bluemanchester]

Yes, I remember the sign as well and the entrance on Fairfield Street is still there but not in use any more. They were connected by a high level footbridge

You may find this 6 minute video (photo stills) interesting

Thanks for the video link. Interesting piece of history.

 

[mcfcinprague]

This guy has a video of Mayfield and some others you may find interesting about Manchester on Youtube

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

The entrance is still there - all be it padlocked! An iron gate says Piccadilly Station on it with Manchester above it.
Looking at a picture of it now but dont know how to post it
Where was your house? Cant imagine houses being there!

 

[bluemanchester]

The entrance is still there - all be it padlocked! An iron gate says Piccadilly Station on it with Manchester above it.
Looking at a picture of it now but dont know how to post it
Where was your house? Cant imagine houses being there!

Just before Pin Mill Brow. There were 4 pubs on Fairfield Street and not many more houses.

 

[bluemanchester]

This guy has a video of Mayfield and some others you may find interesting about Manchester on Youtube

The entrance I am talking about I think is one on just about 2 minutes into that video

This guy has a video of Mayfield and some others you may find interesting about Manchester on Youtube

Another interesting video thanks. The entrance I am talking about is shown at about 2 minutes into that video. Whether it's still there I don't know but it was round about where the the bridge crosses the road with platforms 14 and 24 above. just
before you turn left into Travis Street. As I said next time I catch the tram to the Etihad I'll see if it's still there because it may have been pulled down along with the whole wall from London Road to Travis Street to make way for the new taxi rank and entrance to the Metrolink platform. Hope my memory
is not playing tricks.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Platforms 13 and 14 have always been part of what is now Piccadilly. Mayfield station was always a separate building which had 4 platforms.

I kissed my now wife for the first time on platform 14 back in 1993 waiting for her to get the train back to Bolton.

There will always be a white girder as a reminder of the day she had nowhere else to run, as her back was up against it thanks to the overcrowded platform.

To be 19 again...

 

[mcfcinprague]

The entrance I am talking about I think is one on just about 2 minutes into that video

Another interesting video thanks. The entrance I am talking about is shown at about 2 minutes into that video. Whether it's still there I don't know but it was round about where the the bridge crosses the road with platforms 14 and 24 above. just
before you turn left into Travis Street. As I said next time I catch the tram to the Etihad I'll see if it's still there because it may have been pulled down along with the whole wall from London Road to Travis Street to make way for the new taxi rank and entrance to the Metrolink platform. Hope my memory
is not playing tricks.

Yes, the entrance is still there but locked up and inaccessible.

I walk past it every home game. I come down in the lift from platform 13/14 these days.

 

[mcfcinprague]

I kissed my now wife for the first time on platform 14 back in 1993 waiting for her to get the train back to Bolton.

There will always be a white girder as a reminder of the day she had nowhere else to run, as her back was up against it thanks to the overcrowded platform.

To be 19 again...

Great story that Tolmie.

Me and Mrs Prague still kiss when we walk past gate B1 at Prague airport for that reason :)

 

[bluemanchester]

Yes, the entrance is still there but locked up and inaccessible.

I walk past it every home game. I come down in the lift from platform 13/14 these days.

 

[bluemanchester]

Thanks, I forgot about the lift I walk all the way around now when I arrive at Piccadilly station, although not arriving at 13 or 14. I wonder if the stairs are still there that used to go up from the ticket office at the entrance not that they would be any use if it's bricked up

 

[mcfcinprague]

Thanks, I forgot about the lift I walk all the way around now when I arrive at Piccadilly station, although not arriving at 13 or 14. I wonder if the stairs are still there that used to go up from the ticket office at the entrance not that they would be any use if it's bricked up

Not sure about the stairs, and I come in on a different platform from Sandbach, end carriage of the train, and walk back to 13/14 and use the lift, it's quicker. Even better when I'm rushing for a train home.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

He does some really good videos around Manchester

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Can you walk to Wembley from London Euston?

Manchester City centre is defined by the inner ring road (mancunian way, Great Ancoats St, Trninity Way) and it's about a 2km across, and within that zone it has two major main line stations.

I'd say the problems City fans and Mancunians have are not really local but how the local interfaces with the national i.e. getting into and out of Manchester without using the car. The national rail network needs massive upgrades.

I am a big fan of the pedestrianisation schemes in Manchester. I like the Oxford Rd corridor. I hope schemes like that are extended to other arterial routes in and around Manchester, however it needs to be accompanied by schemes which can bring people into and out of the City because they work against cars. Trains need massive upgrades both nationally and locally.

Part of the reason City struggle with midweek games is because long distance seasonticket holders can not travel to City and back home because we don't have a national transport structure that is ft for purpose. We have profiteering train companies who charge an arm and a leg to travel to London.

Sorry I do like and agree with your post but I just don't see the similarities between Wembley and the Etihad? The transport differences are massive.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The entrance I am talking about I think is one on just about 2 minutes into that video

Another interesting video thanks. The entrance I am talking about is shown at about 2 minutes into that video. Whether it's still there I don't know but it was round about where the the bridge crosses the road with platforms 14 and 24 above. just
before you turn left into Travis Street. As I said next time I catch the tram to the Etihad I'll see if it's still there because it may have been pulled down along with the whole wall from London Road to Travis Street to make way for the new taxi rank and entrance to the Metrolink platform. Hope my memory
is not playing tricks.

As i said above - that entrance (padlocked!) Is still there!

 

[caseball]

Mayfield might have made a good two level hub for the tramway system. Running to the south from the top on the railway and East West from street level. Could have run a street level circle back to Mayfield.

 

[bluekeith]