Cheltenham Spa railway station
Cheltenham Spa is a major interchange: 116 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Gloucester, with 133 trains a day.
Address: Queens Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8NP
Cheltenham Spa is the nearest station for postcodes in GL51, GL50, GL53, GL52. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Cheltenham Spa
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 133 | 132 | 65 |
| Birmingham New Street | 92 | 88 | 50 |
| Bristol Parkway | 87 | 87 | 55 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 87 | 88 | 55 |
| Cardiff Central | 62 | 63 | 22 |
| Newport | 62 | 63 | 22 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 58 | 56 | 10 |
| Derby | 57 | 60 | 34 |
| Chepstow | 53 | 54 | 12 |
| Tamworth | 46 | 48 | 24 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 44 | 48 | 22 |
| Lydney | 44 | 45 | 12 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 42 | 40 | 13 |
| Kemble | 37 | 33 | 26 |
| Stonehouse | 37 | 33 | 26 |
| Stroud | 37 | 33 | 26 |
| Swindon | 37 | 33 | 26 |
| Caldicot | 36 | 37 | 12 |
| Severn Tunnel Junction | 36 | 37 | 12 |
| Exeter St Davids | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Newton Abbot | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Taunton | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 33 | 32 | 13 |
| London Paddington | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| Reading | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| University | 31 | 30 | 10 |
| Chesterfield | 29 | 28 | 25 |
| Didcot Parkway | 29 | 23 | 2 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 29 | 31 | 15 |
| Leeds | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| Sheffield | 29 | 28 | 25 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 29 | 5 | 5 |
| Cam and Dursley | 28 | 31 | 15 |
| Plymouth | 28 | 28 | 24 |
| Yate | 28 | 31 | 15 |
| Totnes | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| Beeston | 26 | 28 | 0 |
| Long Eaton | 26 | 28 | 0 |
| Nottingham | 26 | 29 | 9 |
and 76 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Cheltenham Spa is
2,418,292 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 239th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 276,080 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Temple Meads than any other pair: 357,010 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 88 stations instead of 116, a drop of about 24%. Saturday runs to 116.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Cheltenham Spa gains 8 destinations including Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Freshford, Avoncliff, Bradford-on-Avon, Dilton Marsh.
Nearest other stations
- Gloucester 6.3 miles
- Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 7.1 miles
- Stroud 11.7 miles
- Stonehouse 12.9 miles
- Evesham 15.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cheltenham Spa, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road · 0.3 miles
- Cheltenham Spa St. James · 0.8 miles
- Cheltenham High Street Halt · 0.9 miles
- Cheltenham High Street · 0.9 miles
- Cheltenham Leckhampton · 1.4 miles
- Charlton Kings · 2.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.