Welshpool train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Welshpool on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Caersws, with 25 trains a day.
Welshpool is the nearest station for postcodes in SY21, SY22, SY15. Check your own postcode.
- 14 direct destinations
- 1,463rd busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 23 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Welshpool
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caersws | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| Machynlleth | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| Newtown | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| Shrewsbury | 24 | 24 | 21 |
| Aberystwyth | 23 | 25 | 21 |
| Bow Street | 23 | 25 | 21 |
| Borth | 23 | 25 | 21 |
| Dovey Junction | 23 | 25 | 21 |
| Birmingham New Street | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Sandwell and Dudley | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Telford Central | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Wellington | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Wolverhampton | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Birmingham International | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Lines serving Welshpool
Welshpool is on the Cambrian Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Welshpool station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Welshpool station on 2 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: no paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
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 Welshpool station is
176,730 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,463rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Welshpool and Shrewsbury than any other pair: 78,638 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.
Nearest other stations
- Newtown 12.4 miles
- Caersws 15.7 miles
- Church Stretton 16.4 miles
- Shrewsbury 16.8 miles
- Gobowen 16.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Welshpool, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Golfa · 2.1 miles
- Buttington · 2.6 miles
- Pool Quay · 4.1 miles
- Forden · 4.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Welshpool station
Welshpool is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Welshpool station
- Station Car Park 23 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 September 2025.
Getting to Welshpool station
Welshpool station is in Powys - Powys, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Welshpool Tesco.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Welshpool 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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