Gobowen train station
You can reach 46 stations directly from Gobowen on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Chester, with 37 trains a day.
Gobowen is the nearest station for postcodes in SY11, SY10, SY12. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Gobowen
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 37 | 37 | 17 |
| Shrewsbury | 37 | 37 | 17 |
| Wrexham General | 37 | 37 | 17 |
| Chirk | 36 | 37 | 17 |
| Ruabon | 36 | 37 | 17 |
| Colwyn Bay | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| Flint | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| Llandudno Junction | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| Prestatyn | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| Rhyl | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| Bangor | 17 | 15 | 5 |
| Holyhead | 17 | 15 | 5 |
| Abergavenny | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| Cardiff Central | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| Cwmbran | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| Hereford | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| Llanfairpwll | 16 | 15 | 5 |
| Ludlow | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| Newport | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| Valley | 16 | 15 | 3 |
| Craven Arms | 15 | 15 | 4 |
| Church Stretton | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| Pontypool and New Inn | 15 | 14 | 4 |
| Birmingham New Street | 14 | 15 | 11 |
| Bodorgan | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Rhosneigr | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| Sandwell and Dudley | 14 | 15 | 11 |
| Telford Central | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Ty Croes | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| Wellington | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Wolverhampton | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Birmingham International | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Leominster | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Abergele and Pensarn | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Conwy | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Crewe | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Deganwy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frodsham | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Helsby | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 6 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Gobowen
Gobowen is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Gobowen station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Gobowen station on 75 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 12 paths on the Wednesday, 9 paths on the Saturday and 4 paths on the Sunday. 15 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Gobowen station is
247,608 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,261st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Gobowen and Shrewsbury than any other pair: 58,944 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 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Gobowen gains 5 destinations including Warrington Bank Quay, Runcorn East, Manchester Piccadilly, Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown.
Nearest other stations
- Chirk 3.0 miles
- Ruabon 6.5 miles
- Wrexham Central 10.7 miles
- Wrexham General 11.0 miles
- Gwersyllt 12.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Gobowen, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Park Hall Halt · 0.7 miles
- Tinkers Green Halt · 1.7 miles
- Whittington High Level · 1.7 miles
- Weston Rhyn · 1.8 miles
- Whittington Low Level · 1.8 miles
- Oswestry · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Gobowen station
Gobowen is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 15:00 · Saturday: 07:15 to 12:00 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Gobowen station
- Station Car Park 70 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 July 2026.
Getting to Gobowen station
Gobowen station is in Shropshire, West Midlands, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J12 (Hoole Island Junction), 23.2 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Gobowen station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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