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Chester

Name: Chester punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Chester arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 259 timed arrivals out of 421 services; 85% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

85%
within 5 min, of 259: 2 min
late on average: 0
cancelled, of 421

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Next departures

Board as of 10:08 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

Manchester Piccadilly
09:56 · Platform 6 · updated 10:0409:55Departed

Crewe
09:58 · Platform 4A (expected) · updated 10:0109:58Departed

Chester
10:01 · Platform 7B · Merseyrail · updated 10:0810:02Departed

Holyhead
10:11 · Platform 4B · Avanti West Coast · updated 10:0510:187 min late

Chester
10:15 · Platform 7B (expected) · updated 09:5810:15On time

Cardiff Central
10:22 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0410:22On time

Leeds
10:26 · Platform 6 (expected) · updated 09:5110:26Cancelled

Holyhead
10:27 · Platform 3B (expected) · updated 10:0110:27On time

All 36 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Chester arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 259 timed arrivals out of 421 services; 85% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 2 min. No services were cancelled over the last 30 days. The platform changed after being announced on 2% of 382 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 09:00–10:00 (28 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Chester, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	421	421	421
Within 5 minutes	85% of 259	85% of 259	85% of 259
Average delay	2 min of 259	2 min of 259	2 min of 259
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	2 min	2 min	2 min
Cancelled	0 of 421	0 of 421	0 of 421
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	2% of 382	2% of 382	2% of 382
Busiest hour	09:00–10:00 (28)	09:00–10:00 (28)	09:00–10:00 (28)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

Chester to Chester58 services

Routes to here

Chester to Chester58 services
Manchester Piccadilly to Chester34 services
Leeds to Chester22 services

Operators

Transport for Wales1,072 calls in the last 30 days
Merseyrail747 calls in the last 30 days
Northern492 calls in the last 30 days
Avanti West Coast207 calls in the last 30 days
LS35 calls in the last 30 days
WR4 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

Bache1.6 km
Capenhurst8.2 km
Ellesmere Port9.5 km
Overpool10.2 km
Hawarden10.2 km
Hawarden Bridge10.4 km
Mouldsworth10.6 km
Shotton10.7 km

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: CTR
Coordinates: 53.1968, -2.8802

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.