Wem train station
You can reach 51 stations directly from Wem on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Crewe, with 31 trains a day.
Direct trains from Wem
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crewe | 31 | 30 | 18 |
| Nantwich | 31 | 30 | 18 |
| Shrewsbury | 31 | 30 | 18 |
| Whitchurch | 31 | 30 | 18 |
| Prees | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| Wrenbury | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| Yorton | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| Abergavenny | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Cardiff Central | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Cwmbran | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Hereford | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Leominster | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Ludlow | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Newport | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Pontypool and New Inn | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Craven Arms | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Church Stretton | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Stockport | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Wilmslow | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Bridgend | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Carmarthen | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gowerton | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Llanelli | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Neath | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Pembrey and Burry Port | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Talbot Parkway | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Swansea | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Clarbeston Road | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Clunderwen | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferryside | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kidwelly | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitland | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fishguard Harbour | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fishguard and Goodwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alderley Edge | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Baglan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Birmingham International | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Birmingham New Street | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Briton Ferry | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 11 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Wem
Wem is on the Shrewsbury and Crewe Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Wem station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Wem station on 102 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 22 paths on the Wednesday, 3 paths on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 13 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 02:00 to 03:00 on the Tuesday, with 5 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 Wem station is
112,096 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,711th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Wem and Shrewsbury than any other pair: 66,632 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: 26 stations instead of 51, a drop of about 49%. Saturday runs to 39.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Wem loses 2 destinations including Milford Haven, Johnston.
Nearest other stations
- Prees 3.2 miles
- Yorton 3.3 miles
- Whitchurch 8.0 miles
- Shrewsbury 10.1 miles
- Wrenbury 12.4 miles
Facilities at Wem station
Wem is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Wem station
- Station Car Park 35 spaces, 1 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 July 2026.
Getting to Wem station
Wem station is in Shropshire, West Midlands, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M54 J7, 13.4 miles south-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Wem 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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