Editing Crewe (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Crewe station platform12.jpg|250px|thumb|Platform 12 at Crewe railway station, before the roof over it was replaced]]

===Railway===
[[Crewe railway station]] is located less than a mile from the town centre, although it was not incorporated into the then Borough of Crewe until 1937. It is one of the largest stations in the [[North West England|North West]] and is a major interchange station on the [[West Coast Main Line]]. It has 12 platforms in use.

The station is served by several [[train operating companies]]: 
* [[Avanti West Coast]] operates inter-city trains to [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] (average journey time of around 1 hour 35 minutes), [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow]], [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh]], [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester]], [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool]] and [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]] for the ferry connections to [[Dublin Port]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our latest timetables and ticket info |work=Avanti West Coast |date=May 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |url= https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
* [[Transport for Wales Rail]] provide services to [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff]], [[Chester railway station|Chester]] and [[Wrexham General railway station|Wrexham]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=Transport for Wales |date=May 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |url= https://tfw.wales/service-status/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
* [[London Northwestern Railway]] operates routes to [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham]], [[Stoke-on-Trent railway station|Stoke-on-Trent]], London and Liverpool<ref>{{Cite web |title=Train timetables and schedules |work=London Northwestern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |url= https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/train-timetables-and-schedules |quote=}}</ref>
* [[East Midlands Railway]] runs trains to [[Newark Castle railway station|Newark]], [[Derby railway station|Derby]] and [[Nottingham railway station|Nottingham]]<ref> {{Cite web |work=East Midlands Railway |title=Timetables |date=May 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |url= https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
* [[Northern Trains|Northern]] operates stopping services on two routes to Manchester Piccadilly, via [[Stockport railway station|Stockport]] and via [[Manchester Airport railway station|Manchester Airport]] on the [[Styal Line]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

===Roads===
Crewe is on the [[A500 road|A500]], [[A530 road|A530]] and [[A534 road|A534]] roads; it is located less than {{convert|5|mi|0}} from the [[M6 motorway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/53.0897986,-2.433159/53.0685327,-2.3350259/@53.0771832,-2.3987671,14z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-2.3635334!2d53.0718906!3s0x487a5e8c65ea82d5:0x8316b99ec1d06719!1m0!3e0|title=Google Maps}}</ref>

===Buses===
Bus services in Crewe are operated predominantly by [[D&G Bus]]; their routes link the town with Congleton (route 42), Leighton Hospital (12), Macclesfield (38), Nantwich (84X) and Northwich (31/37).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Crewe |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/crewe}}</ref>

[[Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire]] runs route 84 to Chester and [[First Potteries]] operates a single service (route 103) running to Stoke-on-Trent, via Kidsgrove.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstgroup.com/potteries/plan-journey/timetables|title=Timetables {{!}} Potteries|website=First Bus|language=en-GB|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>

===Airport===
The closest airport to Crewe is [[Manchester Airport]], which is {{convert|30|mi}} away; [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]] is {{convert|40|mi}} away.