Nantwich train station

You can reach 60 stations directly from Nantwich on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Crewe, with 46 trains a day.

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• 60 direct destinations
• 1,327th busiest in Britain
• Unstaffed
• Step-free in part
• 4 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Nantwich

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

and 20 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Nantwich

Nantwich is on the Shrewsbury and Crewe Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Nantwich station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Nantwich station on 101 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 22 paths on the Wednesday, 3 paths on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 13 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 02:00 to 03:00 on the Tuesday, with 5 paths booked.

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.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Nantwich station is

223,396 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,327th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Nantwich and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 59,494 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: 26 stations instead of 60, a drop of about 57%. Saturday runs to 56.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Nantwich loses 2 destinations including Milford Haven, Johnston.

Nearest other stations

• Crewe 4.0 miles
• Wrenbury 4.4 miles
• Sandbach 7.9 miles
• Winsford 8.8 miles
• Whitchurch 9.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

• Newcastle Crossing · 0.6 miles
• Willaston · 1.7 miles
• Worleston · 3.2 miles
• Gresty · 3.3 miles
• Coole Pilate Halt · 3.4 miles
• Basford · 4.3 miles

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Facilities at Nantwich station

Nantwich is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.

Cycle parking: 22 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 21 April 2026.

Getting to Nantwich station

Nantwich station is in Cheshire East, North West, and is run by TfW Rail.

The nearest motorway junction is M6 J16 (Barthomley Interchange), 7.6 miles east.

4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Station View.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Nantwich 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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