The Shrewsbury to Chester Line
The Shrewsbury to Chester Line runs for 41.3 miles between Shrewsbury and Wrexham General, serving 5 stations, with a top line speed of 90 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 41.3 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 79 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 5 |
| Top line speed | 90 mph |
| Passengers a year | 3.5 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Shrewsbury2.3 million a year
- Gobowen247,608 a year
- Chirk106,900 a year
- Ruabon117,454 a year
- Wrexham General684,566 a year
The busiest station on the line is Shrewsbury, 2.3 million entries and exits a year and 251st busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Borderlands Line, Shrewsbury and Crewe Line, Welsh Marches Line, Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.