In 2022/2023, Craven Arms had 93,000 entries and exits, making it the 1,668^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 739^th busiest (out of 997), with 328 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 254.79 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 5.45 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,224^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 259.86 passengers passing through the station and 5.67 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	198	719
2	134	487

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2014-15 Reason for change unclear

Location: Craven Arms
CRS: CRV / NLC: 3634 / TIPLOC(S): CRAVENA
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 343162 283045
Constituency: Ludlow
Local Authority: Shropshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: SHL 19m 77ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Craven Arms during 2022/2023:
•Shrewsbury (11,510 journeys)
•Hereford (6,860 journeys)
•Ludlow (6,100 journeys)
•Church Stretton (2,493 journeys)
•Manchester Piccadilly (1,912 journeys)
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