Manchester Piccadilly is the city's principal railway station and the northern end of the West Coast route from London Euston. As with Liverpool, journeys between here and London are long-distance work, booked ahead and priced in full before travel.
How long-distance transfers work
The price is agreed before you set off and does not change. The schedule is planned around your timings, with allowance for breaks and for the motorway network on the day. You know the driver and the vehicle in advance.
People book these journeys when the train does not fit the problem: a group with equipment, a very early or very late requirement, a cancelled service, or a door-to-door journey where changing trains with luggage is the part that does not work.
Where we meet you
Piccadilly's approach and forecourt are busy and restricted. Your driver agrees a meeting point with you in advance and calls on approach, and can meet you inside with a name board.
Journeys people book
- Manchester to London — and back, planned well ahead
- Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport — short, frequent, and often at hours the train does not cover
- Manchester to the London airports — long runs where a direct car replaces a train and a transfer
- Corporate and group travel — a minibus keeping a team and its equipment together
Booking ahead
Give us as much notice as you can. A journey between Manchester and London occupies a driver for most of a day, and the earlier it is booked the better the availability and the price.
Booking your Manchester Piccadilly Station transfer
Every journey is arranged and accepted in advance. We are a licensed private hire operator, not a street-hail taxi service, so cars cannot be flagged down or picked up from a rank.
When you request a journey, please give us:
- The passenger name and a contact telephone number
- Correct pickup and destination addresses
- The date and required pickup time
- The number of passengers, and the amount and size of luggage
- Flight or sailing details where they apply
- Any accessibility requirements that affect the vehicle we send
The price shown when you book is an estimate based on what you tell us. Our office confirms the final price before you travel, and it does not change afterwards because of traffic or a longer route.