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).