Holyhead railway station

You can reach 57 stations directly from Holyhead on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bangor, with 68 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Holyhead

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Bangor	68	61	40
Chester	68	61	40
Colwyn Bay	68	61	40
Llandudno Junction	68	61	40
Prestatyn	68	61	39
Rhyl	68	61	40
Flint	67	60	38
Llanfairpwll	52	49	28
Conwy	35	32	15
Llanfairfechan	35	32	15
Penmaenmawr	35	32	15
Shotton	34	31	23
Crewe	33	29	29
Earlestown	32	30	3
Frodsham	32	30	3
Helsby	32	30	3
Manchester Oxford Road	32	30	3
Newton-le-Willows	32	30	3
Runcorn East	32	30	3
Warrington Bank Quay	32	30	3
East Didsbury	31	29	0
Manchester Piccadilly	31	30	3
Manchester Airport	31	29	2
Valley	30	28	12
Bodorgan	22	20	10
Rhosneigr	22	21	12
Ty Croes	22	21	12
Shrewsbury	19	16	6
Cardiff Central	17	15	4
Hereford	17	15	4
Ludlow	17	15	4
Newport	17	15	4
Abergavenny	16	15	4
Cwmbran	16	15	4
Craven Arms	15	15	3
Church Stretton	15	15	3
Pontypool and New Inn	15	14	3
Stafford	13	11	8
London Euston	11	10	8
Abergele and Pensarn	10	8	22

and 17 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Holyhead is

236,886 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,279th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 433 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Holyhead and Bangor (Gwynedd) than any other pair: 64,504 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, Holyhead loses 6 including Wem, Whitchurch, Nantwich, Prees, Wrenbury, Yorton.

Nearest other stations

Valley 3.3 miles
Rhosneigr 7.2 miles
Ty Croes 8.8 miles
Bodorgan 11.4 miles
Llanfairpwll 18.4 miles

More about this station on Wikipedia.