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Oxford
Road Station - Oxford Road & Whitworth
Street West, Manchester, UK
Architect
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W. R. Headley and Max
Glendinning |
Date Built
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1960
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Location
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At the top of a
ramp that runs up from the junction of Whitworth
Street West and Oxford Street |
Description
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Today's Oxford Road Station was designed in
a modern style using concrete and wood by the
architects W. R. Headley and Max Glendinning. It
had further restoration work in 1980. It serves
the southern part of Manchester City Centre and
the University. Trains from this station go
to Liverpool, Blackpool, Leeds, Sheffield and
other towns across the North of England.
The original station was opened in 1849 by the
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway.
It had 2 platforms and 2 sidings and temporary
wooden buildings. In 1857 extra platforms and
sidings were built to accommodate extra trains
running out to Old Trafford for the Manchester Art
Treasures Exhibition. The station was completely
rebuilt in 1874, again in 1903/4 and then in 1960
the old station was replaced by the present one.
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