Manchester Exchange Station?

[Prestwich_Blue]

Once we caught a train in Exchange going for the boat to Ireland, so Liverpool Lyme St must have been a destination. I was vey young so the station approach looked enormous

Yes. I remember going there to see my cousins off, who were emigrating to the USA, and they were getting a boat from Liverpool. Also my aunty lived in Colwyn Bay and we'd get the train from Exchange.

I'm guessing it served places to the west, like Southport, Blackpool, Liverpool and North Wales, whereas Victoria was more NE Lancs and Yorkshire.

 

[bluesmith]

I’ve sometimes wondered, being the sad fucker I am, why it’s called Oxford Road and not Oxford Street station?

The River Medlock is the point where the road name changes and that’s quite a way back from the station, just near where the Holiday Inn now is.

The road name appears to change at the Railway bridge, Revolution, the last building before the bridge is on Oxford Road and Grand Central the first building after the bridge is on Oxford Street. I'd guess at least one platform is on the Road side and the rest on the street side.

 

[BrianW]

Exchange, until its final closure, still operated what had been the former LNWR routes.

Liverpool Lime St via Chat Moss.
Holyhead/Llandudno.
Leeds/Hull/Newcastle via Standedge.
Scotland via Preston. (I think. Not sure on this one.)
(With branches, like the Tyldesley loop.)

Victoria did the old LY routes;
Liverpool (Exchange) via Wigan
Blackpool/Fleetwood
Southport.
Leeds via Calder Valley.
York via Sowerby Bridge.
Blackburn/Burnley/Colne/Skipton/Hellifield.
Scotland via Hellifield. (Ex Midland Railway.)

Plus local lines like Bury/Rochdale/Oldham etc.

It was quite logical if you understood the history. To a practical, normal person, it was quite random.

 

[Stephen230]

Just to confuse you a little more, according to these older maps, most of Oxford Street extended much further at the time the station opened.

Manchester Historical Maps

manchester.publicprofiler.org

I mean if we want to get really technical, then the station approach road is actually off Whitworth Street West.

But I’m guessing that might not always have been the case.

 

[jimharri]

Just how many stations did Central Manchester have operating at one time; 5? Piccadilly/London Rd, Victoria, Oxford Rd, Exchange and Central.

 

[roman totale]

Just to confuse you a little more, according to these older maps, most of Oxford Street extended much further at the time the station opened.

Manchester Historical Maps

manchester.publicprofiler.org

Love these old street-map overlays. Thanks!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Just how many stations did Central Manchester have operating at one time; 5? Piccadilly/London Rd, Victoria, Oxford Rd, Exchange and Central.

And Mayfield

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The road name appears to change at the Railway bridge, Revolution, the last building before the bridge is on Oxford Road and Grand Central the first building after the bridge is on Oxford Street. I'd guess at least one platform is on the Road side and the rest on the street side.

The Medlock is also between Revolution and Grand Central or between Revolution and the bridge to be more precise

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

It was platform 11 which linked the 2 stations.

Yes, my mistake, now edited. Thanks.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

And Mayfield