Shrewsbury Station - Heart of Arriva Trains Wales Network.

This Station can see a variety of DMU's Ranging from 150/2's to 175's all on local and long distance expresses.

Our Freight flows vary day to day with Wednesay (1700 - 2000) being the best period and anytime after 2300 and before 0600 any other day. Loco's of late have been mostly 66's with the odd 60 turning up on the margam - dee marsh and return steel flows. We Also see 3 or 4 Freightliner Heavy Haul coal trains a day except Weekends one or two of which produces a 70 on a regular basis. One Freighliner Container train per week, and 2 or 3 cement trains or Potash trains conveyed in PCA tanks although the Castle Cement TEA's have been used.

We see additional traffic such as Network Rail test trains nearly on a monthly basics and have produce DRS 37s NR 37s or Class 31 with DBSO.

Access to Shrewsbury from the West midlands is up the M54 Jct10a or A5 from Cannock, From the Northwest is Either the A5 From Bala or A49 Warrington or Crewe. From the South West is the A49 from Hereford or Newport(Gwent), and from Mid Wales is the A458 from Welshpool or Newton.