Stoke-on-Trent railway station
You can reach 75 stations directly from Stoke-on-Trent on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Manchester Piccadilly, with 160 trains a day.
Address: Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2AA
Stoke-on-Trent is the nearest station for postcodes in ST4, ST1, ST2. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Stoke-on-Trent
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Piccadilly | 160 | 148 | 84 |
| Stockport | 158 | 147 | 84 |
| Macclesfield | 133 | 122 | 67 |
| Kidsgrove | 104 | 98 | 41 |
| Stafford | 98 | 91 | 65 |
| Crewe | 70 | 65 | 41 |
| Alsager | 67 | 64 | 41 |
| London Euston | 65 | 55 | 45 |
| Birmingham New Street | 63 | 59 | 39 |
| Wolverhampton | 63 | 59 | 39 |
| Longport | 40 | 38 | 25 |
| Adlington (Cheshire) | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Bramhall | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Congleton | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Prestbury | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Poynton | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Milton Keynes Central | 36 | 29 | 27 |
| Stone | 35 | 32 | 26 |
| Beeston | 32 | 31 | 0 |
| Birmingham International | 32 | 29 | 23 |
| Blythe Bridge | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Coventry | 32 | 29 | 23 |
| Derby | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Long Eaton | 32 | 31 | 0 |
| Longton | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Nottingham | 32 | 31 | 0 |
| Nuneaton | 32 | 28 | 22 |
| Tutbury and Hatton | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Uttoxeter | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Attenborough | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Banbury | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| Leamington Spa | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| Oxford | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| Reading | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| Rugby | 30 | 25 | 18 |
| Basingstoke | 28 | 29 | 21 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 28 | 29 | 21 |
| Southampton Central | 28 | 29 | 21 |
| Winchester | 28 | 29 | 21 |
and 35 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Stoke-on-Trent is
3,015,802 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 178th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 177,469 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 710,004 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: 48 stations instead of 75, a drop of about 36%. Saturday runs to 74.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Stoke-on-Trent gains 4 destinations including Penkridge, Tame Bridge Parkway, Plymouth, Totnes.
Nearest other stations
- Longton 2.2 miles
- Longport 2.8 miles
- Blythe Bridge 5.5 miles
- Kidsgrove 6.0 miles
- Stone 7.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Stoke-on-Trent, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Fenton Manor · 0.7 miles
- Hartshill and Basford Halt · 1.1 miles
- Etruria · 1.1 miles
- Fenton · 1.2 miles
- Hanley · 1.2 miles
- Bucknall and Northwood · 1.5 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.