Detailed timetable
18:30 Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central
Thursday 8 October 2026
Planned service information
- Power type
- Diesel
- Timing load / planned train type
- 245
- Maximum speed
- 110 mph
- Train class code
- B
- Reservation code
- S
- Catering code
- F
| Location | Platform | Scheduled | Actual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | Delay | ||
| Manchester Piccadilly | 10 | 18:30 | 18:30 | On time | ||
| Ardwick Junction | pass | 18:32 | 18:32 | On time | ||
| Slade Lane Junction | pass | 18:34 | 18:34 | On time | ||
| Heaton Norris Junction | pass | 18:36½ | 18:36 | On time | ||
| Stockport | 2 | 18:39 | 18:39 | 18:38 | 18:40 | +1 min |
| Edgeley Junction No2 | pass | 18:40½ | 18:41 | +1 min | ||
| Edgeley Junction No1 | pass | 18:41 | 18:41 | On time | ||
| Adswood Road Junction | pass | 18:42 | 18:43 | +1 min | ||
| Cheadle Hulme | 2 | pass | 18:43 | 18:43 | On time | |
| Wilmslow | 4 | 18:48 | 18:48 | 18:47 | 18:50 | +2 min |
| Alderley Edge | 2 | pass | 18:51 | 18:52 | +1 min | |
| Chelford | pass | 18:53½ | 18:54 | +1 min | ||
| Sandbach | 1 | pass | 18:59 | 18:59 | On time | |
| Crewe Signal Ce154 | pass | 19:03½ | 19:03½ | |||
| Crewe | 6 | 19:08 | 19:10 | 19:08 | 19:15 | +5 min |
| Gresty Lane Junction | pass | 19:12 | 19:17 | +5 min | ||
| Gresty Green West Junction | pass | 19:13 | 19:18 | +5 min | ||
| Nantwich | 19:17 | 19:18 | 19:22 | 19:24 | +6 min | |
| Wrenbury | pass | 19:23½ | 19:29½ | |||
| Prees | pass | 19:30½ | 19:37 | +7 min | ||
| Wem | pass | 19:32½ | 19:37 | +5 min | ||
| Harlescott X | pass | 19:38½ | 19:45 | +7 min | ||
| Shrewsbury | 7 | 19:44 | 19:44 | 19:50 | 19:53 | +9 min |
| English Bridge Junction | pass | 19:46 | 19:54 | +8 min | ||
| Sutton Bridge Junction | pass | 19:47 | 19:56 | +9 min | ||
| Dorrington | pass | 19:52½ | 20:02 | +10 min | ||
| Church Stretton | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:07 | 20:09 | +9 min | |
| Marsh Brook Level Crossing | pass | 20:03 | 20:12 | +9 min | ||
| Craven Arms | 2 | 20:09 | 20:09 | 20:16 | 20:19 | +10 min |
| Bromfield | pass | 20:14 | 20:25 | +11 min | ||
| Ludlow | 20:18 | 20:18 | 20:28 | 20:29½ | +11 min | |
| Woofferton | pass | 20:23 | 20:33 | +10 min | ||
| Leominster | 20:29 | 20:29 | 20:38 | 20:40 | +11 min | |
| Moreton-On-Lugg | pass | 20:37½ | 20:48 | +11 min | ||
| Shelwick Junction | pass | 20:41 | 20:52 | +11 min | ||
| Hereford | 2 | 20:45 | 20:45 | 20:55 | 20:58 | +13 min |
| Tram Inn | pass | 20:52½ | 21:05 | +13 min | ||
| Pontrilas | pass | 20:57 | 21:10 | +13 min | ||
| Abergavenny | 2 | 21:08 | 21:08 | 21:20 | 21:22 | +13 min |
| Little Mill Junction | pass | 21:16½ | 21:29 | +13 min | ||
| Pontypool & New Inn | 21:19 | 21:19 | 21:31 | 21:32½ | +13 min | |
| Cwmbran | 21:25 | 21:25 | 21:36 | 21:38 | +12 min | |
| Maindee North Junction | pass | 21:33 | 21:45 | +12 min | ||
| Maindee West Junction | pass | 21:36½ | 21:46 | +10 min | ||
| Newport (S Wales) | 2 | 21:39 | 21:39 | 21:48 | 21:51 | +12 min |
| Gaer Junction | pass | 21:41 | 21:53 | |||
| Ebbw Junction | pass | 21:42 | 21:53 | +11 min | ||
| Marshfield | pass | 21:45½ | 21:56 | +11 min | ||
| Moorland Road Junction | pass | 21:49 | 22:00 | |||
| Long Dyke Junction | pass | 21:49½ | 22:04 | +15 min | ||
| Cardiff Central | 4A | 21:55 | 22:07 | +15 min | ||
Bold times are confirmed TRUST movement reports. Italic times are predictions based on the latest confirmed delay.