Stroud train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Stroud on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Gloucester, with 38 trains a day.
Address: GL5 3AP
Stroud is the nearest station for postcodes in GL5, GL6. Check your own postcode.
- 20 direct destinations
- 752nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 150 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Stroud
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 38 | 33 | 28 |
| Kemble | 38 | 34 | 28 |
| Stonehouse | 38 | 34 | 28 |
| Swindon | 38 | 34 | 28 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 36 | 33 | 26 |
| London Paddington | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| Reading | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| Didcot Parkway | 29 | 23 | 2 |
| Chippenham | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Melksham | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Trowbridge | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Westbury | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warminster | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilton Marsh | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Romsey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southampton Central | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcester Foregate Street | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Stroud station is
655,356 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 752nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Stroud and London Paddington than any other pair: 234,030 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: 8 stations instead of 20, a drop of about 60%. Saturday runs to 11.
Nearest other stations
- Stonehouse 2.6 miles
- Cam and Dursley 6.3 miles
- Gloucester 8.4 miles
- Kemble 9.6 miles
- Cheltenham Spa 11.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Stroud, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Downfield Crossing Halt · 0.7 miles
- Bowbridge Crossing Halt · 0.7 miles
- Dudbridge · 1.1 miles
- Ham Mill Halt · 1.3 miles
- Ebley Crossing Halt · 1.4 miles
- Woodchester · 1.9 miles
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Facilities at Stroud station
Stroud is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:30 to 18:00 · Saturday: 07:15 to 14:30 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Stroud station
- Station Car Park 150 spaces
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 September 2026.
Getting to Stroud station
Stroud station is in Stroud, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J13 (Stroudwater), 4.4 miles west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ecotricity.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Stroud 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