Classic route
Shrewsbury–Chester
Shrewsbury → Chester · England · Wales
The 1848 border line between two walled towns: over Telford’s country at Chirk and the great Cefn viaduct, down the Dee valley through Wrexham to Chester.
- Distance
- 68 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 55 min
- Average speed
- 74 km/h
- Top speed
- 145 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmShrewsbury +3
- 29 kmGobowen
- 34 kmChirk
- 41 kmRuabon
- 49 kmWrexham General +1
- 65 kmChester
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the Transport for Wales on 12 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18463270: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Shrewsbury–Chester?
The Shrewsbury–Chester runs 68 km from Shrewsbury to Chester. It runs through England and Wales.
How long does the Shrewsbury–Chester take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 55 min for the 68 km. That is an average of 74 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 145 km/h.
Who runs the Shrewsbury–Chester?
Transport for Wales, with TfW Class 197.
How old is the Shrewsbury–Chester?
The line has been in service since 1848. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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