Trains to Chester

56 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

56 places connect to Chester by Trains, across 1 country, run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 42 km away to 193 km, with a median of 93 km.

Checked 1 October 2026Priced for 1 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Chester

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Chester, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Manchester to Chester train€11.881h 15m54 km
Salford to Chester train€11.881h 15m52 km
Stockport to Chester train€11.881h 16m55 km
Sale to Chester train€11.881h 12m46 km
Newcastle-under-Lyme to Chester train€11.881h 13m49 km
Stoke-on-Trent to Chester train€11.881h 17m52 km
Macclesfield to Chester train€11.881h 14m52 km
Altrincham to Chester train€11.881h 10m42 km
Shrewsbury to Chester train€11.891h 15m54 km
Telford to Chester train€14.091h 20m64 km
High Peak to Chester train€15.191h 28m72 km
Cannock to Chester train€16.841h 29m80 km
Wolverhampton to Chester train€17.391h 32m85 km
Walsall to Chester train€18.491h 33m91 km
Dudley to Chester train€19.591h 34m94 km
West Bromwich to Chester train€19.591h 36m96 km
Sutton Coldfield to Chester train€20.691h 38m100 km
Tamworth to Chester train€20.691h 38m101 km
Birmingham to Chester train€21.241h 43m103 km
Solihull to Chester train€21.781h 47m114 km
Hereford to Chester train€23.981h 50m127 km
Newport to Chester train€31.682h 18m178 km
Rhondda to Chester train€32.782h 17m174 km
Tonypandy to Chester train€33.332h 19m179 km
Cardiff to Chester train€33.342h 18m191 km
Swansea to Chester train€35.532h 22m189 km
Bridgend to Chester train€35.532h 18m193 km
Llanelli to Chester train€36.632h 29m189 km
  • 56Places you can arrive from
  • 56Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Chester is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere central works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Chester railway station

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km56100%Altrincham, 42 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Chester that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom56100%
Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • Northern
  • Transport for Wales
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Chester

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Chester

Rail
  • Chester railway station
  • Upton-by-Chester railway station
  • Chester Northgate railway station
Leaving

Leaving Chester

Common questions about Trains to Chester

Where can I travel to Chester by Trains from?

56 places connect to Chester by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 42 km away in a straight line and the furthest 193 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Chester cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Chester is €11.88 for one passenger, across 56 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 93 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Chester take?

The fastest Trains journey into Chester is 1h 10m door to door. The median origin sits 93 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Chester?

2 operators run Trains services into Chester on our network: Northern, Transport for Wales. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Chester use?

Trains services into Chester use 3 named terminals, among them Chester railway station, Upton-by-Chester railway station, Chester Northgate railway station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Chester

We cannot promise Chester railway station still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Chester

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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