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11.06.2023 - 23:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Footage appears to show crowds clamouring for the last train from Manchester to Liverpool on Saturday night as the city was clearing out after multiple major events.
Huge crowds appeared to form on platform 14 at Manchester Piccadilly train station as the 11.28pm service was due to depart for Liverpool Lime Street. The city had just seen Manchester City win the Champions League final, which saw hundreds celebrating in town.
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But the last train to Liverpool looked heaving in videos from the night, with one passenger claiming he had to ‘walk home to Eccles’ as taxi prices skyrocketed. The station was chaos, he says, as people desperate to get home tried to cram on the final service.
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“It was awful, it was just packed,” said Eccles resident Ricardo Mendonca. “I had just gone for a couple of drinks with friends in town, I knew about Parklife but had forgotten completely about the football. Lots of people were trying to get back home, especially on that train to Liverpool Lime Street - it was the last chance to get home until 8am.
“Before we got to platform 14, there were members of staff bringing a barrier to the platform where the screens at the top of the stairs tell you to wait before your train is there. But there were so many people going past the barriers or jumping over them.
“I went past because I was worried my train was about to leave – I never imagined I would walk down to see these crowds at the platform.”
“One of the doors on the train wouldn’t close because there were too many people near the door so the sensors
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