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Manchester Airport Transport Connections

Manchester, UK, is easily accessed via the motorway network, using junction 5 of the M56. It is within a short driving distance of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford and Liverpool. The train station at the airport offers regular and frequent trains into the city centre and trains also depart for a number of other destinations. Bus links and taxi ranks at the terminals complete the land based transport connections.

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Manchester International Airport is at the hub of a network of roads and railways that make it accessible from all directions. Directly south of Manchester City centre, it is situated midway between Altrincham to the west and Handforth to the east.

By Road / Motorway :
The nearest motorway junctions to the site are number 6 and the commonly used one for easy access - number 5 on the M56. The route from the motorway is short and well signposted. The M56 leaves the M60 Manchester Ringroad at junction 3A.

By Bus on the route numbers: 18, 19, 43, 105, 199, 200, 369:

Number 18 from the Trafford Centre through Stretford, Sale, Northern Moor, Newell Green, Portway. Takes between 45 and 60 minutes

Number 19 from Altrincham through Woodheys, Ashton upon Mersey, by Wythenshaw Hospital, Portway. Takes about 30 minutes

Number 43 from Manchester city centre through Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, West Didsbury, Northenden, Wythenshawe. Takes between 30 and 45minutes.

Number 105 from Manchester City Centre through Moss Side, by Southern Cemetery, Benchill, Woodhouse Park. Takes between 30 and 45minutes.

Number 199 from Buxton through Chapel en le Frith, Whaley Bridge, Disley, Stockport, along the M60 motorway. Takes between 30 and 45 minutes

Number 200 from Wilmslow through Styal, Moss Nook. Takes about 10 minutes

Number 369 from Stockport through Edgeley, Adswood, Cheadle Hulme, Heald Green, Shadow Moss Road. Takes between 20 and 30 minutes

By Coach:
from London via Luton, Milton Keynes, to Manchester airport
from London via Luton, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent to Manchester airport
Gloucester via Stoke on Trent to Manchester airport
Swansea via Cardiff, Worcester Stoke on Trent to Manchester airport
Clacton via Colchester, Ipswich, Cambridge, Leicester, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Manchester to Manchester airport.
Wrexham via Chester to Manchester airport
Pwliheli via Porthmadog,Bangor, Llandudno, Rhyl, Birkenhead, Liverpool to Manchester airport
Blackpool via Preston to Manchester airport
Colne via Burnley, blackburn , Bolton. Manchester to Manchester airport
Bury via Rochdale, Oldham, Manchester to Manchester airport
Edinburgh via north east towns and York to Manchester airport
Aberdeen via Glasgow, Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston to Manchester airport
Inverness via Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston to Manchester airport

By Rail :
Manchesster Piccadilly via Deansgate to M/c airport
Southport via Wigan, Bolton, Salford Crescent, to Manchester airport
Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester airport
Crewe via Wilmslow to Manchester airport
Cleethorpes via Grimsby, Sheffield to Manchester airport
Newcastle via Middlesborough, Scarborough, York, Leeds to Manchester airport
Hull via Selby to Manchester airport
Barrow in Furness via Windermere, Lancaster to Manchester airport
Blackpool north via Preston to Manchester airport
Scotland via York or Carlisle to Manchester airport