Telford Central train station
You can reach 56 stations directly from Telford Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birmingham New Street, with 102 trains a day.
See Telford Central on the map
Telford Central is the nearest station for postcodes in TF3, TF4, TF7, TF8, TF12. Check your own postcode.
- 56 direct destinations
- 466th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 173 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Telford Central
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street | 102 | 101 | 56 |
| Shrewsbury | 102 | 101 | 57 |
| Wellington | 102 | 101 | 57 |
| Wolverhampton | 102 | 101 | 57 |
| Shifnal | 69 | 67 | 30 |
| Codsall | 42 | 39 | 30 |
| Albrighton | 38 | 39 | 30 |
| Bilbrook | 38 | 39 | 30 |
| Cosford | 38 | 39 | 30 |
| Oakengates | 38 | 39 | 30 |
| Sandwell and Dudley | 34 | 35 | 28 |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | 34 | 32 | 28 |
| Tame Bridge Parkway | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Birmingham International | 32 | 30 | 28 |
| Chester | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| Chirk | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Gobowen | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Ruabon | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Wrexham General | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Caersws | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Machynlleth | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Newtown | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Welshpool | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Aberystwyth | 12 | 16 | 12 |
| Bow Street | 12 | 16 | 12 |
| Borth | 12 | 16 | 12 |
| Colwyn Bay | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Dovey Junction | 12 | 16 | 12 |
| Flint | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Llandudno Junction | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Prestatyn | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Rhyl | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Crewe | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Bangor | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Holyhead | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Llanfairpwll | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Valley | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Abergele and Pensarn | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bodorgan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Deganwy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 16 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Telford Central
Telford Central is on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Telford Central station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Telford Central station on 34 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 7 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 20:00 to 21:00 on the Monday, with 4 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.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Telford Central station is
1,177,576 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 466th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 3,835 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Telford Central and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 339,880 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: 40 stations instead of 56, a drop of about 29%. Saturday runs to 47.
Nearest other stations
- Oakengates 0.9 miles
- Shifnal 3.1 miles
- Wellington 3.5 miles
- Cosford 6.4 miles
- Albrighton 7.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Telford Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Malins Lee · 0.4 miles
- Oakengates Market Street · 1.0 miles
- New Dale Halt · 1.6 miles
- Dawley and Stirchley · 1.7 miles
- Lawley Bank · 1.7 miles
- Ketley Town Halt · 1.9 miles
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Facilities at Telford Central station
Telford Central is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Sunday: 10:00 to 17:00
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Telford Central station
- Station Car Park 173 spaces, 11 accessible
£5.50 off-peak, £8.50 a day, £28.40 a week
Cycle parking: 40 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 September 2026.
Getting to Telford Central station
Telford Central station is in Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, and is run by West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway).
The nearest motorway junction is M54 J5 (Forge Interchange), 0.2 miles north-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Telford Central.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Telford Central 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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