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Crewe to Stafford: train delays and possible money back

10,415 recorded journeys in the last 12 months with Avanti. Delay is measured when the train reached Stafford.

72%

arrive on time (±5 min)

at least 30 minutes late

at least 60 minutes late

never arrived

If your train arrives 30 to 59 minutes late, you may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation worth half of a one-way ticket price. At 60 minutes late or more, it may be worth the full one-way ticket price. The train company checks your ticket, journey and claim before deciding whether to pay.

Most punctual departure

Mon 08:32

On time 96% of 51 journeys

Most often 30 minutes late or more

Sat 19:04

At least 30 minutes late on 30% of 40 journeys that reached Stafford

How this journey has changed

Monthly performance measured when trains reached Stafford. The latest incomplete month is marked “to date”.

Recent direction: average delay fell from 9.3 minutes to 5.8 minutes between the two latest complete months.

Month	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	Cancelled	Average delay
Oct 2025	813	75%	5%	3%	4.7 min
Nov 2025	794	57%	9%	7%	8.7 min
Dec 2025	636	73%	4%	3%	4.2 min
Jan 2026	585	73%	5%	6%	4.2 min
Feb 2026	625	76%	7%	2%	5.4 min
Mar 2026	788	80%	2%	3%	2.9 min
Apr 2026	551	73%	2%	8%	2.9 min
May 2026	750	70%	6%	4%	6 min
Jun 2026	795	67%	6%	4%	7.1 min
Jul 2026	852	57%	11%	6%	9.3 min
Aug 2026	815	66%	5%	4%	5.8 min
Sept 2026 to date	532	83%	3%	<1%	3.6 min

Every departure, ranked

Same booked train and weekday, checked over a year. Sorted by on-time record.

Train	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	60 minutes late or more	Cancelled
Mon 08:32	51	96%	0%	0%	0
Fri 08:32	51	96%	0%	0%	1
Mon 07:32	57	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 08:32	52	94%	0%	0%	0
Tue 08:32	51	94%	2%	0%	0
Thu 07:32	58	93%	0%	0%	0
Sat 13:32	54	93%	0%	0%	0
Thu 09:32	58	91%	0%	0%	1
Wed 07:32	57	91%	2%	0%	1
Sat 06:40	45	91%	0%	0%	3
Wed 08:32	51	90%	0%	0%	0
Fri 07:32	57	89%	2%	0%	2
Wed 06:40	57	89%	0%	0%	0
Mon 05:37	56	89%	0%	0%	0
Sat 09:32	54	89%	0%	0%	0
Sat 07:32	54	89%	0%	0%	1
Mon 10:32	57	88%	0%	0%	1
Thu 05:37	51	88%	2%	0%	0
Mon 06:40	53	87%	0%	0%	0
Tue 07:32	57	86%	4%	2%	0
Fri 09:04	56	86%	0%	0%	2
Tue 05:37	49	86%	2%	2%	1
Sun 15:32	48	85%	0%	0%	1
Wed 05:37	48	85%	0%	0%	1
Mon 16:32	57	84%	0%	0%	2
Tue 09:32	57	84%	0%	0%	3
Fri 06:40	57	84%	0%	0%	2
Tue 12:32	57	84%	2%	2%	2
Wed 14:32	57	84%	0%	0%	2
Mon 11:32	57	84%	0%	0%	1
Mon 09:32	56	84%	2%	0%	1
Sat 05:37	55	84%	0%	0%	1
Sat 10:32	54	83%	2%	0%	4
Sat 17:32	54	83%	0%	0%	2
Sat 08:32	54	83%	0%	0%	2
Thu 13:32	58	83%	2%	0%	2
Thu 12:32	58	83%	0%	0%	2
Wed 16:32	57	82%	0%	0%	0
Mon 13:32	57	82%	4%	0%	2
Tue 10:32	57	82%	0%	0%	3
Mon 12:32	57	82%	0%	0%	4
Wed 10:32	57	82%	2%	0%	1
Sun 18:32	48	83%	2%	0%	3
Wed 10:04	56	82%	5%	0%	0
Sat 10:04	51	82%	2%	0%	2
Tue 09:04	54	81%	0%	0%	1
Mon 14:32	57	81%	0%	0%	0
Tue 13:32	57	81%	0%	0%	2
Tue 16:32	57	81%	0%	0%	0
Thu 15:32	57	81%	0%	0%	4
Thu 09:04	56	80%	4%	2%	2
Sun 12:32	44	82%	0%	0%	1
Thu 10:32	59	80%	2%	0%	1
Sun 08:41	43	81%	0%	0%	2
Wed 13:04	54	80%	6%	0%	1
Wed 11:32	57	79%	2%	2%	4
Mon 15:32	57	79%	2%	0%	1
Tue 14:32	57	79%	4%	0%	2
Wed 13:32	57	79%	0%	0%	2
Tue 20:32	55	78%	6%	0%	2
Thu 11:32	58	78%	3%	0%	0
Sun 16:32	47	79%	0%	0%	0
Sun 13:32	47	79%	4%	0%	1
Sat 16:32	54	78%	2%	0%	2
Mon 17:04	54	78%	6%	2%	1
Tue 11:32	57	77%	0%	0%	3
Wed 09:32	57	77%	2%	2%	3
Tue 06:40	57	77%	4%	0%	1
Fri 10:32	57	77%	6%	4%	3
Fri 09:32	57	77%	2%	0%	3
Tue 15:32	57	77%	4%	0%	2
Fri 05:37	50	78%	0%	0%	2
Sun 14:32	46	78%	2%	2%	2
Wed 14:04	56	77%	5%	2%	0
Wed 12:05	56	77%	5%	2%	0
Fri 10:04	56	77%	4%	2%	2
Mon 11:04	52	77%	2%	0%	2
Wed 15:04	54	76%	7%	0%	0
Tue 17:32	57	75%	2%	0%	1
Wed 12:32	57	75%	2%	2%	1
Thu 16:32	57	75%	4%	0%	3
Wed 17:32	57	75%	0%	0%	3
Thu 13:04	57	75%	9%	2%	0
Sat 12:32	50	76%	4%	2%	2
Tue 16:04	56	75%	7%	2%	0
Mon 10:04	55	75%	4%	0%	1
Tue 13:04	55	75%	4%	0%	1
Thu 06:40	58	74%	0%	0%	0
Sat 11:03	48	75%	4%	0%	2
Sat 15:32	54	74%	2%	0%	3
Wed 15:32	57	74%	2%	0%	0
Mon 19:32	57	74%	2%	0%	2
Thu 10:04	57	74%	5%	2%	1
Fri 11:32	57	74%	0%	0%	2
Sat 14:32	53	74%	4%	0%	8
Fri 15:32	56	73%	6%	4%	3
Sat 09:04	49	73%	8%	2%	0
Mon 17:32	57	72%	0%	0%	1
Thu 14:32	57	72%	2%	0%	6
Thu 17:32	57	72%	2%	0%	4
Sat 11:32	54	72%	6%	0%	3
Tue 12:05	56	71%	2%	0%	0
Fri 18:04	53	72%	12%	2%	2
Wed 09:04	55	71%	8%	4%	2
Thu 19:32	57	70%	6%	2%	6
Tue 18:32	54	70%	6%	0%	2
Sat 12:04	51	71%	0%	0%	3
Sun 19:04	34	74%	6%	3%	0
Sun 17:32	48	71%	4%	0%	1
Tue 17:04	56	70%	11%	4%	1
Thu 18:32	53	70%	8%	2%	1
Wed 18:32	53	70%	4%	0%	3
Mon 12:05	55	69%	9%	0%	1
Fri 12:32	57	68%	4%	0%	6
Sat 18:32	54	69%	4%	2%	4
Tue 15:04	54	69%	6%	0%	2
Sun 21:54	38	71%	8%	3%	0
Sat 16:04	51	69%	2%	0%	2
Thu 20:32	56	68%	2%	0%	5
Tue 10:04	56	68%	2%	0%	2
Sun 19:32	48	69%	5%	2%	5
Wed 18:04	53	68%	4%	2%	7
Mon 13:04	55	67%	6%	2%	1
Sun 13:04	34	71%	3%	3%	1
Fri 16:32	57	67%	4%	0%	3
Fri 18:32	54	67%	10%	2%	5
Wed 20:32	54	67%	4%	2%	3
Wed 17:04	56	66%	10%	4%	5
Fri 13:04	56	66%	9%	4%	2
Sat 14:04	51	67%	6%	2%	1
Sun 14:04	42	67%	5%	0%	1
Sun 20:04	42	67%	17%	5%	1
Sun 18:04	42	67%	5%	5%	0
Mon 15:04	54	65%	8%	2%	1
Mon 18:32	54	65%	4%	2%	0
Sun 17:04	37	68%	8%	0%	1
Tue 14:04	56	64%	2%	0%	2
Tue 18:04	53	64%	6%	0%	3
Mon 20:32	55	64%	2%	0%	3
Mon 20:04	55	64%	11%	0%	1
Mon 16:04	55	64%	6%	4%	1
Fri 14:32	57	63%	8%	2%	4
Wed 11:04	54	63%	4%	0%	0
Sun 16:04	40	65%	5%	0%	0
Wed 19:32	56	63%	4%	2%	1
Thu 12:05	56	63%	5%	2%	0
Thu 16:04	56	63%	9%	4%	2
Fri 17:04	56	63%	7%	2%	1
Mon 14:04	55	62%	9%	0%	1
Tue 20:04	55	62%	4%	0%	1
Fri 17:32	57	61%	4%	2%	7
Fri 13:32	57	61%	9%	2%	4
Thu 15:04	54	61%	11%	2%	1
Thu 17:04	56	61%	9%	4%	0
Thu 14:04	56	61%	9%	2%	0
Thu 11:04	56	61%	6%	2%	3
Wed 19:04	51	61%	14%	10%	2
Sat 15:04	48	60%	9%	2%	3
Sat 18:04	50	60%	9%	2%	6
Fri 12:05	56	59%	7%	0%	2
Tue 19:32	57	58%	2%	0%	2
Sat 17:04	16	69%	6%	0%	0
Sat 13:04	16	69%	6%	0%	0
Mon 19:04	50	58%	10%	0%	0
Mon 09:04	54	57%	4%	0%	6
Fri 16:04	56	57%	11%	4%	3
Sun 15:03	31	61%	3%	0%	0
Fri 11:04	55	56%	8%	2%	3
Fri 22:04	55	56%	22%	9%	1
Fri 15:04	55	56%	6%	4%	3
Tue 11:04	55	56%	4%	0%	1
Mon 18:04	52	56%	12%	2%	1
Tue 19:04	50	56%	10%	0%	1
Fri 19:32	57	54%	16%	2%	6
Sat 19:32	51	55%	7%	2%	8
Fri 20:04	55	53%	15%	4%	1
Thu 18:04	53	53%	10%	0%	1
Mon 22:04	47	53%	17%	0%	1
Wed 16:04	56	52%	11%	0%	3
Thu 20:04	56	52%	21%	6%	3
Wed 20:04	54	52%	19%	6%	0
Thu 22:04	51	51%	24%	10%	0
Fri 20:32	56	50%	8%	2%	5
Sat 22:04	15	60%	14%	7%	1
Fri 14:04	56	48%	4%	2%	2
Tue 22:04	49	49%	11%	4%	2
Fri 19:04	52	48%	14%	6%	2
Thu 19:04	51	47%	13%	2%	3
Wed 22:04	47	45%	28%	6%	0
Sat 20:04	45	40%	15%	5%	4
Sat 19:04	45	33%	30%	10%	5
Sat 20:44	50	32%	20%	10%	1

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Frequently asked

How often is the Crewe to Stafford train delayed?

Over the last 12 months, 72% of the 10,415 recorded Crewe to Stafford journeys arrived within 5 minutes of schedule. 5% arrived at least 30 minutes late. A delay this long may let a passenger claim Delay Repay compensation. 3% did not complete the journey. The train company checks each claim.

Which Crewe to Stafford train has the strongest on-time record?

The Mon 08:32 has the best record after allowing for the number of past journeys. It was on time for 96% of its 51 recorded journeys.

Which Crewe to Stafford train was at least 30 minutes late most often?

The Sat 19:04 was at least 30 minutes late most often after allowing for the number of past journeys. This happened on 30% of journeys that reached Stafford. This shows train delays, not whether passengers made claims or received money.

Can I get money back if my Crewe to Stafford train is late?

You may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation. Arriving 30 to 59 minutes late at Stafford may mean compensation worth half of a one-way ticket price. Arriving 60 minutes late or more may mean compensation worth the full one-way ticket price. The train company checks your ticket, journey and claim before deciding.