Gloucester railway station
Gloucester is a major interchange: 110 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Cheltenham Spa, with 133 trains a day.
Address: GL1 1DE
Gloucester is the nearest station for postcodes in GL1, GL4, GL2, GL3, GL19. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Gloucester
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Spa | 133 | 132 | 65 |
| Bristol Parkway | 68 | 64 | 30 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 68 | 64 | 30 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 65 | 62 | 28 |
| Cardiff Central | 64 | 64 | 26 |
| Newport | 64 | 64 | 26 |
| Yate | 64 | 62 | 28 |
| Chepstow | 55 | 55 | 16 |
| Lydney | 46 | 46 | 16 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 42 | 40 | 13 |
| Swindon | 39 | 33 | 28 |
| Caldicot | 38 | 38 | 16 |
| Cam and Dursley | 38 | 36 | 28 |
| Kemble | 38 | 33 | 28 |
| Stonehouse | 38 | 33 | 28 |
| Stroud | 38 | 33 | 28 |
| Severn Tunnel Junction | 38 | 38 | 16 |
| Birmingham New Street | 36 | 34 | 12 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 33 | 32 | 13 |
| London Paddington | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| Reading | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| University | 31 | 30 | 10 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 31 | 29 | 10 |
| Derby | 30 | 31 | 11 |
| Didcot Parkway | 29 | 23 | 2 |
| Tamworth | 29 | 31 | 11 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 28 | 30 | 10 |
| Beeston | 26 | 28 | 0 |
| Long Eaton | 26 | 28 | 0 |
| Nottingham | 26 | 28 | 9 |
| Trowbridge | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Westbury | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Worcester Foregate Street | 24 | 29 | 8 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| Bath Spa | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| Keynsham | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| Oldfield Park | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| Frome | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| Castle Cary | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| Yeovil Pen Mill | 13 | 14 | 0 |
and 70 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Gloucester is
1,763,556 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 317th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 153,970 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Gloucester and London Paddington than any other pair: 263,012 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: 47 stations instead of 110, a drop of about 57%. Saturday runs to 91.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Gloucester gains 3 destinations including Motherwell, Glasgow Central, Haymarket.
Nearest other stations
- Cheltenham Spa 6.3 miles
- Stroud 8.4 miles
- Stonehouse 8.4 miles
- Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 10.8 miles
- Cam and Dursley 11.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Gloucester, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Gloucester Eastgate · 0.2 miles
- Gloucestershire Parkway · 1.9 miles
- Churchdown · 3.2 miles
- Badgworth · 4.3 miles
- Barbers Bridge · 4.6 miles
- Oakle Street · 5.0 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.