Whitchurch (Shropshire) train station
You can reach 60 stations directly from Whitchurch on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Crewe, with 42 trains a day.
Whitchurch is the nearest station for postcodes in SY13, SY14. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Whitchurch (Shropshire)
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crewe | 42 | 41 | 18 |
| Nantwich | 42 | 41 | 18 |
| Shrewsbury | 42 | 41 | 18 |
| Wem | 31 | 30 | 18 |
| Prees | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| Wrenbury | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| Yorton | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| Abergavenny | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Cardiff Central | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Cwmbran | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Hereford | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Leominster | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Ludlow | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Newport | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Craven Arms | 21 | 19 | 3 |
| Church Stretton | 21 | 19 | 3 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 17 | 19 | 2 |
| Stockport | 17 | 19 | 2 |
| Wilmslow | 17 | 19 | 2 |
| Bridgend | 14 | 12 | 1 |
| Neath | 14 | 12 | 1 |
| Pontypool and New Inn | 14 | 12 | 3 |
| Port Talbot Parkway | 14 | 12 | 1 |
| Carmarthen | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Gowerton | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Llanelli | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Pembrey and Burry Port | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Swansea | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Ferryside | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Kidwelly | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitland | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarbeston Road | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Clunderwen | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Haverfordwest | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnston | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Milford Haven | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fishguard Harbour | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fishguard and Goodwick | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chester | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pyle | 2 | 7 | 1 |
and 20 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Whitchurch (Shropshire)
Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch (Shropshire) station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Whitchurch (Shropshire) station on 101 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 Whitchurch (Shropshire) station is
164,476 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,507th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Whitchurch and Shrewsbury than any other pair: 44,788 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 60, a drop of about 57%. Saturday runs to 40.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Whitchurch loses 2 destinations including Milford Haven, Johnston.
Nearest other stations
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Whitchurch, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Grindley Brook Halt · 2.2 miles
- Fenn's Bank · 2.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Whitchurch (Shropshire) station
Whitchurch is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Whitchurch (Shropshire) station
- Station Car Park 31 spaces, 4 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 March 2026.
Getting to Whitchurch (Shropshire) station
Whitchurch station is in Shropshire, West Midlands, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M6 J16 (Barthomley Interchange), 15.5 miles north-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Whitchurch (Shropshire) 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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