Deansgate Station

A very basic but handy station if you’re going out in Manchester in the Deansgate Locks area.
A lot of regional trains stop here before going on to Piccadilly. Also has a tunnel that links the station to the Metrolink line at G-​Mex (or whatever its called these days) which is handy for further travel within the city.
As soon as you exit the station you’ve got 2 bars within stumbling distance; Atlas (good) and The Knott (great).

We use this station quite a lot as it’s very convenient for the Museum of Science and Industry — just a 5-​minute walk in fact. It’s not a big station — only two platforms — and it seems as though only about half the trains that go down that line actually stop there. It’s also very close to Manchester Oxford Road, a much bigger station. The access isn’t especially easy as the railway track is a long way above street level, but there are lifts, and also a handy bridge over to G-​Mex Metrolink station. The station itself is in a proud old building but it doesn’t always look in the best of nick nowadays but it’s a useful stop as far as our family is concerned!