To be fair it's a terminus that serves services covering the entire North of England (LGW isn't served by trains the entire length and breadth if the South) with services also serving Glasgow and Edinburgh. It's not some backwater halt you paint it to be.
Central Manchester
Crewe
Blackpool
Preston
Huddersfield
Leeds
Sheffield
Hull
Newcastle
Middlesbrough
Lake District
Carlisle
Glasgow
Edinburgh