Stafford railway station

You can reach 81 stations directly from Stafford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Crewe, with 232 trains a day.

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Stafford is the nearest station for postcodes in ST16, ST17, ST18, ST20. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Stafford

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Crewe	232	222	148
London Euston	125	117	92
Birmingham New Street	160	156	91
Wolverhampton	161	158	91
Stoke-on-Trent	98	91	65
Manchester Piccadilly	93	90	59
Stockport	89	88	59
Birmingham International	62	59	47
Coventry	62	59	47
Milton Keynes Central	46	43	44
Macclesfield	59	58	39
Liverpool Lime Street	62	64	36
Rugby	49	45	36
Runcorn	63	63	36
Lichfield Trent Valley	39	35	28
Tamworth	39	35	28
Nuneaton	39	34	27
Alsager	35	32	26
Kidsgrove	35	32	26
Penkridge	61	62	26
Smethwick Galton Bridge	36	35	26
Stone	35	32	26
Acton Bridge	33	30	25
Hartford	36	32	25
Longport	35	32	25
Liverpool South Parkway	60	60	25
Winsford	33	31	25
Atherstone	36	33	24
Banbury	31	29	24
Leamington Spa	31	29	24
Oxford	31	29	24
Reading	31	29	24
Rugeley Trent Valley	36	33	24
Sandwell and Dudley	33	33	24
Watford Junction	15	12	23
Basingstoke	29	29	22
Preston	31	33	22
Southampton Airport Parkway	29	29	22
Southampton Central	29	29	22
Warrington Bank Quay	31	33	22

and 50 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Stafford is

2,456,512 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 231st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 533,274 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Stafford and London Euston than any other pair: 512,610 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, Stafford gains 4 destinations including Tame Bridge Parkway, Plymouth, Blackpool North, Totnes.

Nearest other stations

Penkridge 5.5 miles
Stone 7.4 miles
Hednesford 8.2 miles
Rugeley Trent Valley 8.4 miles
Rugeley Town 8.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Stafford Common · 1.3 miles
Great Bridgeford · 3.3 miles
Haughton · 3.5 miles
Milford and Brocton · 3.6 miles
Salt and Sandon · 3.8 miles
Sandon · 4.3 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.