Nantwich railway station

Nantwich National Rail

Nantwich railway station
Location
Place Nantwich
Local authority Cheshire East
Grid reference SJ653519
Operations
Station code NAN
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   46,997
2005/06 Increase 50,320
2006/07 Increase 57,990
2007/08 Increase 77,318
2008/09 Increase 91,548
2009/10 Increase 98,360
2010/11 Increase 114,462
2011/12 Increase 127,230
2012/13 Increase 141,782
2013/14 Increase 157,096
2014/15 Increase 168,550
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nantwich from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bank Holiday Special in 1962

Nantwich railway station serves the town of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It is on the Crewe to Shrewsbury line. Opened in 1858, it was the junction for the Great Western Railway route to Wellington via Market Drayton until 1963.

Services

The station is served both by the two-hourly Crewe to Shrewsbury stopping trains and some longer distance workings between Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central (with some extensions further west to Swansea and Carmarthen & two trains to Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line) on Mondays to Saturdays.[1]

There is an infrequent service (five trains each way) on Sundays.

Notes

  1. GB National Rail Timetable, May 2016; Table 131

External links

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wrenbury   Arriva Trains Wales
Welsh Marches Line
  Crewe

Coordinates: 53°03′47″N 2°31′08″W / 53.063°N 2.519°W / 53.063; -2.519


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