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.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Gloucester | Arriva Trains Wales |
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| Gloucester | CrossCountry |
University or Ashchurch for Tewkesbury or Bromsgrove |
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| Bristol Parkway | CrossCountry |
Birmingham New Street |
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| Gloucester | First Great Western |
Terminus | ||
| Gloucester | First Great Western |
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury |
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| Historical railways | ||||
| Churchdown |
Midland Railway |
Cheltenham High Street |
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Leckhampton |
Great Western Railway |
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| Proposed Heritage railways | ||||
| Terminus | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Cheltenham Malvern Road |
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