Crewe railway station

Crewe is a major interchange: 190 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Stafford, with 232 trains a day.

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Address: Nantwich Road, Cheshire, CW2 6HR

Crewe is the nearest station for postcodes in CW98, CW2, CW1, CW3. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Crewe

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Stafford	232	222	148
London Euston	169	157	132
Manchester Piccadilly	136	133	70
Wilmslow	131	129	68
Birmingham New Street	116	112	56
Wolverhampton	116	114	56
Chester	105	104	73
Stockport	104	102	67
Liverpool Lime Street	96	97	58
Runcorn	96	94	58
Liverpool South Parkway	93	86	28
Shrewsbury	92	90	52
Milton Keynes Central	80	78	75
Stoke-on-Trent	70	65	41
Alsager	67	64	41
Kidsgrove	67	64	41
Alderley Edge	66	67	19
Holmes Chapel	64	64	16
Sandbach	64	64	17
Penkridge	61	62	26
Cardiff Central	54	51	33
Hereford	54	51	33
Ludlow	54	51	33
Newport	54	51	33
Abergavenny	53	51	33
Cwmbran	53	51	33
Rugby	52	44	41
Birmingham International	50	43	28
Nantwich	48	47	34
Preston	47	44	45
Sandwell and Dudley	47	47	26
Colwyn Bay	46	46	29
Llandudno Junction	46	46	29
Nuneaton	46	41	34
Prestatyn	46	46	28
Rhyl	46	46	29
Flint	45	45	27
Leominster	45	43	32
Whitchurch	45	43	32
Hartford	41	35	28

and 150 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Crewe is

3,389,590 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 160th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,427,867 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Crewe and London Euston than any other pair: 810,594 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.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Crewe gains 1 destination including Tame Bridge Parkway and loses 5 including Milford Haven, Johnston, Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechan, Conwy.

Nearest other stations

Nantwich 4.0 miles
Sandbach 4.5 miles
Alsager 5.6 miles
Winsford 7.5 miles
Kidsgrove 7.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Crewe, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Gresty · 0.8 miles
Coppenhall · 1.7 miles
Basford · 2.2 miles
Willaston · 2.4 miles
Newcastle Crossing · 3.4 miles
Worleston · 3.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.