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HistoryImage:2004-10-09 Manchester Victoria, entrance.jpg Manchester Victoria Originally it was a small single storey single platform building designed by George Stephenson and completed in 1844 to serve the Manchester and Leeds Railway. By this time there were six railways connecting Manchester to the cities of London, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield. Victoria Station came to dominate the Long Millgate area and was one of the biggest passenger stations in Britain. In 1842, work started to extend the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line from Victoria station to Ordsall Lane and the extension opened on 4 May 1844.
The present Edwardian building has a 160 yard facade, which still carries an iron and glass canopy bearing the names of the original destinations which it served, and a tile map depicting the routes of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which operated from the station until 1923. These canopies served as covered waiting porch for taxi cabs until they were severely damaged in the Provisional IRA 1996 bombing - they have now been completely restored to their former glory. The cast iron train sheds behind the facade run back for some 700 yards. Initially the station was approached by a wooden footbridge over the River Irk which has subsequently disappeared beneath culverting alongside the Cathedral, where it makes its way un-noticed into the River Irwell. Victoria Station originally had Manchester Exchange Station as a close neighbour and a single passenger platform ran between them; this was the longest passenger platform in Europe at 2,194 feet (669m). Exchange Station was closed in 1969 and its site opposite the cathedral is now a car park.
FacilitiesThe station includes a barber's shop, newsagents, coffee bars and buffet. Network Rail aims to rent out the offices on the first and second floors of the station to businesses.
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