how many platforms does manchester oxford road have
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title: Manchester Oxford Road railway station text: Manchester Oxford Road railway station Manchester Oxford Road railway station is a railway station in Manchester, England, at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960. It is the second busiest of the four stations in Manchester city centre. The station serves the southern part of Manchester city centre, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, on the line from westwards towards Warrington, Chester, Llandudno, Liverpool, and Blackpool. Eastbound trains go beyond Piccadilly to , and . The station consists of four through platforms and one terminating bay platform. title: Manchester Oxford Road railway station text: shelters, seats and toilets were refurbished at a cost of £500,000. In 2013, the station received a £1.8 million renovation to improve access, including lifts and an emergency exit. On 10 December 2017 with the opening of the Ordsall Chord it became possible for trains to run from to . Initially an hourly Northern service operated to the Calder Valley, but from May 2018, the TransPennine Express (TPE) to and services were rerouted through the station. In the Northern Hub plans, the platforms will be extended to allow use by longer trains. The bay platform will be removed to allow title: Transport in Manchester text: platforms are planned as part of the Northern Hub project however in 2017 the construction was not confirmed. At present there are twelve terminating platforms but just two through platforms. Congestion is common at peak times and trains often incur delays for following trains down the line at Oxford Road. The new proposals will provide up to 700 more trains per day with space for 44 million more people to travel by train each year. Victoria station has undergone a series of upgrades. The station was rated as the worst in the UK following a 2009 study and plans for title: Manchester Oxford Road railway station text: this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on the 1st April 2016. Through services to and Edinburgh Waverley no longer stop here since the May 2018 timetable change. This is reduced on a Sunday, most services operating hourly. There are various other peak services. All eastbound trains (those to Nottingham, Norwich, Crewe, Alderley Edge and Manchester Airport) also call at Manchester Piccadilly. Manchester Oxford Road railway station Manchester Oxford Road railway station is a railway station in Manchester, England, at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960. title: Manchester Piccadilly station text: improving reliability. It will allow four more trains an hour to be timetabled to Oxford Road including a second freight to Trafford Park. Approval for the platforms, at an estimated cost of £200 million, was announced during July 2012. The proposals aim to simplify train operations at Manchester Piccadilly, creating close associations between pairs of lines leading out of the station and particular platforms while requiring only a few crossing moves. Platforms 1 to 4 would be primarily used for services on the 'east' lines, to and from Marple, Glossop and Huddersfield; platforms 5 to 12 would be for services