Crewe Railway Station
Crewe railway station finished construction in 1837 and is now considered one of the most historic railway stations. When it was built it served crewes residents, there were just 70 resisdents back then.
Nowadays, crewe station has grown, now with 12 platforms! Whilst serving the town of crewe that has grown near it, it still operates as a major junction on the West coast main line (WCML) and also has routes to Chester and Manchester. Crewe is located 158 miles north of London, and 243 miles south of Glasgow
The last major Spendd on the station was in 1985, when all the track layout was remodelled and the station facilities updated during a three-month period when few trains called at the station.
Crewe station is currently managed by Virgin Trains
Platform Use:
Platform 1 - Northern Rail stopping services to and from Manchester Piccadilly and Southbound London Midland services to Birmingham New Street.
Platform 2 - Extra Capacity.
Platform 3 - London Midland services to and from London Euston.
Platform 4 - East Midlands Trains services to and from Derby.
Platform 5 - Virgin Trains Northbound services to Manchester Piccadilly and Southbound to Birmingham New Street and London Euston.
Platform 6 - Arriva Trains Wales services Northbound to Manchester Picadilly and Southbound to Cardiff and beyond. Some Virgin Trains
services also use this platform along with Cross Country.
Platform 7 - Arriva Trains Wales stopping services to and from Shrewsbury.
Platform 8 - Extra Capacity.
Platform 9 - Arriva Trains Wales hourly shuttle service to Chester.
Platform 10 - Extra Capacity.
Platform 11 - Virgin Trains Northbound services to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Chester and North Wales and London Midland Northbound services to Liverpool Lime Street.
Platform 12 - Extra Capacity.
Services
During the day, there are 22 trains passing through every hour,
Tph - Trains Per Hour
Virgin trains operates 2tph to London Euston
London Midland operates 1tph services to London Euston via Stoke-on-trent
Virgin trains operates 1tph to Birmingham New Street
London Midland operates 2tph to Birmingham New Street.
Virgin trains operates 1tph to Glasgow Central or Edinburgh waverly
Virgin trains operates 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly calling Wilmslow and Stockport
Arriva Trains Wales operates 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly calling Wilmslow and Stockport
Northern Rail perates 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Manchester Airoport
Northern Rail operates 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport
Virgin trains operates hourly services to Chester with some services continuing to Bangor, Holyhead and one per day to Wrexham.
Arriva Trains Wales operates hourly express services to Carmarthen via Cardiff Central extending every other hour to Milford Haven
Arriva Trains Wales operates an hourly shuttle service to Chester
Arriva Trains Wales operates 1 train a day to Birmingham New Street via Stafford.
Arriva Trains Wales operate a daily limited-stop express south to Cardiff Central and north to Holyhead operates East Midland Trains
East Midland Trains operates hourly service to Derby via Stock-on-trent.
London Midland operates 2tph to Liverpool Lime Street. provides Cross Country Trains
Cross Country Trains provides limited daily services to Manchester and the South West (reduced as of 2009).