London to Manchester train/hotel?

To most people here the Piccadilly Line is a tube line in London. I'm really sorry, but I've just been having images of doing a 200 mile ride on a tube train.

To be serious yes you want to take an Avanti West Coast train every 20 minutes from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly.

From Piccadilly you go into the station undercroft and take a tram (light rail or streetcar depending on what term you are used to) to the Etihad Stadium- there is a tram stop there- that is the Manchester City ground. As well as the normal service special trams run there on match day.

As the tram goes through the City Centre I would just find a hotel in the City Centre, and hop on the tram.

Hopefully one of our regular participants, Texas Travel Mom, will chip in. She went to the Co-op Live Arena (which is next door) earlier this year. I can't remember where she stayed. This is pretty local for me so I don't often stay in a hotel in Manchester as it s normally day trip terrain for me. But the City has hotels to suit all budgets.

You need to go back to basics here. Firstly, what is your strategy for getting a (real) ticket (or tickets) to a game? Reselling EPL tickets if you are not a authorised reseller or the club is illegal. What is your timeframe? Fixtures won’t be announced until July, and will probably change for clubs involved in European competitions. Also the Piccadilly Line is a tube line in London not to be confused with Manchester Piccadilly Station in Manchester. Trains to Manchester Piccadilly depart from London Euston.

The Piccadilly line is a tube line wholly in London and doesn’t go within 200 miles of London. You are probably confusing it with Piccadilly station in Manchester, which is the terminus for trains from London. They leave from Euston station in London and take a little over 2 hours.

There are accommodations at all price points near Piccadilly station. The station is also near the Etihad stadium which can be accessed by tram or even walking.

Getting into a game is a whole different kettle of fish. We won’t know what games are scheduled for next October until next June and even then games will be moved for live TV coverage. Getting tickets is also very difficult and the only guaranteed way will be to buy a hospitality package, which run from expensive to extremely expensive. You may well need to plan to be in the city right across a weekend to ensure seeing a Premier League game. It might be easier in terms of tickets and dates to attend a midweek Champions League game, but they won’t be scheduled until September.

I'm in Ironbridge at the moment and heading to Manvhester next week. Personally I like the Locke brand of aparthotels and in Manchester it's Whitworth Locke -- https://www.lockeliving.com/en/manchester/whitworth-locke

If your looking for something near the Piccadilly Line in London, I've stayed at the Megaro -- https://www.themegaro.co.uk/

The Piccadilly Line is totally irrelevant.

I ended up at the Premiere Inn Manchester City Piccadilly in May. A year before I stayed at the Motel One on London Road right by Piccadilly Station. Neither are exciting but are fine, affordable, and convenient.

in terms of staying somewhere on the Piccadilly Line in London for convenience to Heathrow - that certainly works - and for convenience to the stadium in Manchester - that is more complicated.

The Piccadilly line does not go to Euston - others above have explained that you need Euston station in London to get to Manchester. It does go to Kings Cross St Pancras where you can walk or take a bus the short distance to Euston, or you can take the Piccadilly Line to Russell Square and take the number 1 or 68 bus the short distance to Euston, or you can take the Piccadilly Line to Leicester Square and change to the Northern Line to Euston (if you have luggage there are some stairs on that route).

What are your actual reasons for wanting to be on the Piccadilly Line in London?

I think the OP’s desire to stay near the Piccadilly line was under the misunderstanding that she could get to Manchester on it.

There is no particular need to stay near Piccadilly station in Manchester. The city has a compact centre which is pretty walkable and the extensive tram network means that you can get from most places to and from the Etihad Stadium easily.

There’s a lot of accommodation at all price points so some indication of budget would be useful.

I just left Manchester and I stayed at the Wilde Aparthotel St. Peter’s Square. I was in one of their smallest rooms, but it was quite comfortable and had a small kitchenette. There is a self service laundry room. I particularly liked the location which is just off of St Peter’s Square where the trams stop. There is a Motel One in the same building and a couple of Premier Inns in the same general area.

As others have said, the fact that London has a Piccadilly line and Manchester has a station by the same name is getting you confused.
The Piccadilly line is a tube line that runs with the Greater London area, it doesn't go within 200 miles of Manchester. You need to catch an Avanti West Coast train from Euston station in London up to Manchester Piccadilly station.
If you just turn up on the day for a train, you will pay a fortune, best to buy tickets for a particular train, these are called Advance tickets. You can save further money by buying a railcard for £30, so only worth it if you tickets are more than £90 in total. A further saving can be made by split ticketing, eg if your train stops at an intermediate station, but a ticket from Euston to this station, then another tick from there to Manchester, you can pick the same seats, same train, you wouldn't have to move.
Download the Avanti app and check about 3 months out.
Manchester city centre is compact and a hotel anywhere in the centre will be 15 minutes walk at most. The Etihad is on the Ashton tram line which can be caught in Piccadilly Gardens or beneath Piccadilly station. Simply tap on and off on the platform card readers.

OP let’s provide some clarity.

The distance between London and Manchester is over 200 miles.

You are confused regarding the London Underground ( the Tube ) trains and rail trains.

Do you have access to YouTube? If so type in London Underground trains. You’ll find a number of videos about the Tube.

These trains DO NOT go to Manchester.

Instead you’d need to take an Avanti West Coast rail train from Euston Station to Manchester Piccadilly station. A 3 hour journey.

Since you are talking 2025 would help you understand England if you took time to buy and read the RS England guidebook. Very informative!

The rail journey between Euston and Manchester is around 2 hour 5 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes, for the 184 mile journey, with between 3 and 5 intermediate station calls, depending on the individual train.
It is many years since the normal journey time on through trains has been 3 hours.

i think, stuart, when you add in getting to the station, waiting for the platform to come up on the screen - not everybody is as technically savvy as you, getting to the train and waiting for departure and then getting to their hotel in Manchester, the excursion is likely to be much closer to 3 hours than the time you allow.

2 sides of the same coin - one technically correct and one realistic.

Let's put this in perspective.

The Piccadilly Line is part of the London Underground. This is similar to the "L" in Chicago.

Indianapolis is about the same distance from Chicago as London is to Manchester. I don't think you'd want to ride the "L" that distance.

I've also stayed at the Wilde Aparthotel on St. Peters Square a couple of times and the Hyatt House on the Univ of Manchester campus a few times. I'd suggest the Wilde over the Hyatt for what you want to do.

The Wilde is an easy tram ride from Manchester Piccadilly. You can get the tram from the lower level of Manchester Piccadilly.

Now, if you're a real football enthusiast, the Hyatt offers something other hotels don't. From a higher floor, if you look out one hallway window you can see Emirates Stadium. If you walk to the other end of the hallway and look out the other window, you can see Old Trafford. And...teams visiting Man City usually stay at the Hyatt.

Thank you to EVERYONE who’s responded!! I appreciate all your tips and suggestions and most of all, correcting me on which lines are which. Thanks so so much!!