Stockport to Ellesmere Port train

Trains from Stockport to Ellesmere Port start at €11.88 and take 1h 16m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Stockport to Ellesmere Port starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 16m door to door, run by 2 operators over 59 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 16mDoor to door
  • 32mMoving
  • €11.88 to €17.39From
  • 06:11 to 06:43First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 1.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.88 to €17.39 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Stockport and Ellesmere Port.

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Buying this trip

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €16.84Mon21
  2. about €14.09Tue22
  3. about €14.09Wed23
  4. about €17.39Thu24
  5. about €14.64Fri25
  6. about €16.84Sat26
  7. about €14.64Sun27
  8. about €11.89Mon28
  9. about €11.88Tue29
  10. about €11.88Wed30
  11. about €11.88Thu1
  12. about €11.88Fri2
  13. about €12.44Sat3
  14. about €11.88Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Northern N667306:4332m07:15Stockport railway stationOverpool railway station

Door to door 1h 16mCO2 1.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Northern
  • Transport for Wales

The train gets you into Ellesmere Port. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ellesmere Port for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Stockport to Ellesmere Port

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €14.647 days
  8. €14.093 days
  9. €16.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 42 percent. The most expensive point is €16.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.89Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €12.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Stockport

Rail
  • Stockport railway station
  • Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station
  • Romiley railway station

Ellesmere Port Town

Rail
  • Overpool railway station
  • Capenhurst railway station
  • Little Sutton railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 59 km against 51 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Stockport at 06:11 and the last at 06:43, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Stockport to Ellesmere Port

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 Stockport to Ellesmere Port take?

The Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port takes 1h 16m door to door, of which 32m 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 Stockport to Ellesmere Port cost?

The Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 20, 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 Stockport to Ellesmere Port?

2 operators run the Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port: Northern, Transport for Wales. Between them they file around 2 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 Stockport to Ellesmere Port use?

The Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port leaves from Stockport railway station and arrives at Overpool 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 Stockport to Ellesmere Port?

Fares for the Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 42 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port produce?

The Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port 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 Stockport to Ellesmere Port?

Operators on the Train from Stockport to Ellesmere Port publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Stockport to Ellesmere Port on September 20, 2026: 59 km of route against 51 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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