Chester to Macclesfield train

Trains from Chester to Macclesfield start at €11.88 and take 1h 14m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Chester to Macclesfield starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 59 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 14mDoor to door
  • 30mMoving
  • €11.88From
  • 1.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 14, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Northern N341706:1130m06:41Chester railway stationMacclesfield railway station

Door to door 1h 14mCO2 1.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Northern€11.881h 13m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Northern

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Booking window

When to book Chester to Macclesfield

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €12.4490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €12.9914 days
  7. €11.897 days
  8. €11.883 days
  9. €22.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 88 percent. The most expensive point is €22.34, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 60 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €13.54Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.89Wed
  5. €14.64Thu
  6. €11.89Fri
  7. €12.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Macclesfield

Rail
  • Macclesfield railway station
  • Macclesfield (MB&M) railway station
  • Macclesfield Hibel Road railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 59 km against 52 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Chester at 06:11 and the last at 06:11, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Chester to Macclesfield

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Chester to Macclesfield take?

The Train from Chester to Macclesfield takes 1h 14m door to door, of which 30m is spent moving. The route runs 59 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Chester to Macclesfield cost?

The Train from Chester to Macclesfield starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Chester to Macclesfield?

1 operators run the Train from Chester to Macclesfield: Northern. Between them they file around 1 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Chester to Macclesfield use?

The Train from Chester to Macclesfield leaves from Chester railway station and arrives at Macclesfield railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Chester to Macclesfield?

Fares for the Train from Chester to Macclesfield bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 88 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Chester to Macclesfield produce?

The Train from Chester to Macclesfield produces about 1.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 59 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Chester to Macclesfield?

Operators on the Train from Chester to Macclesfield publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 14m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chester to Macclesfield on September 11, 2026: 59 km of route against 52 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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