Chester Milton Keynes Central Train

Chester railway station, operated by Arriva Trains Wales, serves the city of Chester, England. The station has a staffed ticket office and passengers are also able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station. From 1875 to 1969 the station was known as Chester General station in order to distinguish from Chester Northgate.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafe and bar, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

The station has seven platforms which cater for all passenger services operated by Arriva Trains Wales, Merseyrail, Northern Rail and Virgin Trains. Platform 1 is mainly used for Virgin Trains destined for London. Platform 2 is mainly used for trains heading towards Cardiff and Birmingham via Wrexham and Shrewsbury. Platform 3 is used for trains heading towards North Wales. Additional London bound services along with services to Cardiff and Birmingham use Platform 4. Platforms 5 and 6 are used for services on the Mid Cheshire Line and finally, Platform 7 is mainly used for terminating trains from Manchester via Warrington and for Merseyrail Electrics services.

Parking is available at the station for 113 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Located in Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes Central railway station offers passengers destinations including Birmingham New Street, Crewe, London Euston, Watford Junction, Leighton Buzzard, Cheddington, Tring, Manchester Piccadilly, Chester, Liverpool Lime Street and Brighton.

Milton Keynes Central railway station is operated by London Midland and is located on the West Coast Main Line, which connects London to the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the Central Belt of Scotland. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by London Midland, Virgin Trains and Southern.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, a cafe, shops and public toilets. Passengers should note that baby changing facilities are not available at the station. Parking is available at the station for 964 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day. The station is also the terminus or key intermediate destination for many bus services; almost all intra-city buses stop there. These services are operated mostly by Arriva as well as some routes by Stagecoach and a number of independent operators.

Milton Keynes Central is one of five railway stations serving Milton Keynes. The others are Wolverton which serves north Milton Keynes, Bletchley and Fenny Stratford which both serve south Milton Keynes and Bow Brickhill which serves south east Milton Keynes.