Station Overview - Crewe

 Crewe 

Station Usage
In 2021/2022, Crewe had 2,717,032 entries and exits, making it the 124th most used station in Great Britain.
124/2554
It was the 47th busiest station with 2,942 scheduled services per week
47/953
That's a daily average of 7,443.92 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 17.76 passengers per service, giving it the 446th highest passenger to service ratio.
446/1582
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 2021 timetable.
Usage Stats in Detail
Full price entries & exits: 599,896
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,999,542
Season ticket entries & exits: 117,594
Interchanges made between connecting services: 802,311
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +1,970,558 : 263.98%
Platform Lengths
Plat.MetresVF*Notes
13131138In Up direction
13351218In Down direction. Additional 21.8m beyond locomotive
2160581Bay to Crewe South Jn
391330Bay to Crewe South Jn. Signal 73m beyond
4132479Bay to Crewe South Jn. Signal 31.9m beyond
5258938In Down direction. Additional 47.4m beyond locomotive
5275999In Up direction. Additional 30.1m beyond locomotive
6256930Up from Sydney Bridge. Additional 59.5m from locomotive
63151145Down towards Sydney Bridge. Additional 5m from locomotive
63901418Up from Winsford/Crewe Steelworks. Additional 59.5m from locomotive
64501636Down towards Winsford/Crewe Steelworks
7155563Bay to Crewe South Jn
8117425Bay to Crewe South Jn
9204741Bay to Chester lines only
1081294Bay to Crewe North Jn
113011094In Up direction. Additional 29.1m from locomotive
113101127In Down direction. Additional 20m from locomotive
124271552In Up direction. Additional 8.5m beyond signal
124361585In Down direction

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2021 (Nov 2019)

Timetables
TableRoute
1 Scotland - Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham & London
2 Holyhead, Liverpool & Manchester - Birmingham & London
3 Crewe, Birmingham & Coventry - London
13 Long distance services to and from Birmingham (North-South)
72 Liverpool - Crewe
89 Manchester - Wilmslow - Crewe
97 Manchester & Crewe - Shrewsbury
99 Chester - Crewe
156 Manchester, Chester, Crewe & Shrewsbury - South Wales
175 Crewe - Kidsgrove - Stoke

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Current Service Pattern
DAY/HR000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
Mon 4 0 0 0 1 8 24 21 23 25 25 26 23 24 24 29 24 24 21 25 22 21 14 12 420
Tue 7 1 0 0 1 8 24 21 23 25 25 26 23 24 24 29 24 24 21 25 22 21 14 12 424
Wed 7 1 0 0 1 8 24 21 23 25 25 26 23 24 24 29 24 24 21 25 22 21 14 12 424
Thu 7 1 0 0 1 8 24 21 23 25 25 26 23 24 24 29 24 24 21 25 22 21 14 12 424
Fri 7 1 0 0 1 8 24 21 23 25 25 26 23 24 24 29 24 24 21 25 23 21 14 12 425
Sat 7 1 0 0 1 8 17 23 22 25 24 24 25 24 24 25 24 26 23 23 22 19 12 10 409
Sun 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 16 18 23 21 24 20 24 21 26 21 26 25 20 17 10 322
Timetable data based on scheduled services during the first week of the current (May 2022) timetable.
Other service patterns:
Location Details
Location: Crewe
CRS: CRE / NLC: 1243 / TIPLOC: CREWE
Station Facility Owner: Avanti West Coast
OS Grid Ref: 371100 354800
Region: North West
Local Authority: Cheshire East
ELR(s): LEC5 158m 00ch
Station Usage History
Line Chart
1997-1998: 1,403,520
1998-1999: 1,434,661 (+31,141 : 2.22%)
1999-2000: 1,504,267 (+69,606 : 4.85%)
2000-2001: 1,480,976 (-23,291 : -1.55%)
2001-2002: 1,562,596 (+81,620 : 5.51%)
2002-2003: 1,537,815 (-24,781 : -1.59%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 1,528,562 (-9,253 : -0.60%)
2005-2006: 1,652,040 (+123,478 : 8.08%)
2006-2007: 1,750,043 (+98,003 : 5.93%)
2007-2008: 1,900,155 (+150,112 : 8.58%)
2008-2009: 1,954,478 (+54,323 : 2.86%)
2009-2010: 2,034,546 (+80,068 : 4.10%)
2010-2011: 2,246,474 (+211,928 : 10.42%)
2011-2012: 2,363,662 (+117,188 : 5.22%)
2012-2013: 2,443,714 (+80,052 : 3.39%)
2013-2014: 2,511,958 (+68,244 : 2.79%)
2014-2015: 2,650,534 (+138,576 : 5.52%)
2015-2016: 2,843,396 (+192,862 : 7.28%)
2016-2017: 3,085,604 (+242,208 : 8.52%)
2017-2018: 3,146,882 (+61,278 : 1.99%)
2018-2019: 3,305,352 (+158,470 : 5.04%)
2019-2020: 3,400,916 (+95,564 : 2.89%)
2020-2021: 746,474 (-2,654,442 : -78.05%)
2021-2022: 2,717,032 (+1,970,558 : 263.98%)

Change between 1997 & 2020: +1,997,396 (+142.31%)
Change between 1997 & 2022: +1,313,512 (+93.59%)
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