Wem railway station

Wem railway station serves the town of Wem in Shropshire, England. The station is 10¾ miles (17 km) north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line to Crewe.

For the American station which uses the code WEM, see Wells Regional Transportation Center.

Wem
The station looking towards Shrewsbury
Location
Place	Wem
Local authority	Shropshire
Grid reference	SJ517290
Operations
Station code	WEM
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.103 million
2015/16	0.101 million
2016/17	0.105 million
2017/18	0.111 million
2018/19	0.108 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wem from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station has two platforms. There is a level crossing at the north end of the station. This is now the only way for passengers to cross the line at the station, since the station footbridge was taken down. The level crossing is where Aston Street becomes Aston Road.

Over the weekend of 8–9 August 2015 the signal box which was located next to the level crossing was demolished. The barriers have been controlled remotely from the South Wales ROC at Cardiff since 2013 and the signal box was deemed obsolete.

There is also a small car park, which is accessed from Aston Street.

The signal box's Network Rail designation was "WM".

Facilities

It is unstaffed with no ticketing facilities, and no permanent buildings now remain aside from standard shelters on each platform. Train running information is offered via CIS display screens, customer help points and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available via ramps to both platforms.[1]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from Wem southbound to Shrewsbury and northbound to Crewe (although a few longer distance services also call, including a pair to/from Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line on weekdays only) with six trains southbound and five northbound on Sundays. The latter are nearly all long distance trains between Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central or Swansea.[2]

References

1. Wem station facilities National Rail Enquiries
2. Table 131 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. pp. 29–36. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.

External links

• Train times and station information for Wem railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Yorton		Transport for Wales Welsh Marches Line		Prees