Cheltenham Spa Railway Station - Services

Services

Cheltenham Spa station has a staffed ticket office and two passenger-operated cash-and-card self-service ticket machines. There is a buffet on southbound platform 1, and extensive car parking. The station is served by approx 8 to 12 trains every hour during the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays (less frequent on Sundays).

First Great Western operate approx hourly Cheltenham Spa-Swindon via Gloucester services, some (operated by InterCity 125 High Speed Trains) extended to Reading & London Paddington. A small number of these services extend beyond Cheltenham Spa to/from Worcester; a few extend at the Swindon end via Chippenham, Melksham, Westbury and towards Southampton Central.

First Great Western also operates local services on the Bristol (Temple Meads/Parkway), Yate, Cam & Dursley, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa route, most extending north to Ashchurch/Worcester (and some beyond there to Great Malvern). South of Bristol, many services operate through from stations on the Bristol TM/Bath Spa/Westbury route continuing to Weymouth, Salisbury/Southampton or Portsmouth Harbour/Brighton.

CrossCountry Trains serve Cheltenham Spa on two routes, the Cardiff to Birmingham New Street/Nottingham service and the longer-distance Penzance/Cheltenham Spa/Aberdeen route, giving Cheltenham excellent and frequent rail connections to Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley.

Arriva Trains Wales operate approx. hourly with a Maesteg via Bridgend, Cardiff & Newport to Chepstow/Lydney/Gloucester/Cheltenham Spa service.

Stagecoach in Cheltenham Bus Service D serves the station forecourt, providing a very regular link to Cheltenham Town Centre which is a mile approx (2 km) to the North-East.

The London Midland Worcester to Gloucester service was discontinued from the start of the December 2009 railway timetable due to low passenger usage.