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Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe: train delays and possible money back

6,807 recorded journeys in the last 12 months with Avanti. Delay is measured when the train reached Crewe.

80%

arrive on time (±5 min)

at least 30 minutes late

<1%

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

Sat 08:54

On time 97% of 37 journeys

Most often 30 minutes late or more

Fri 18:55

At least 30 minutes late on 27% of 15 journeys that reached Crewe

How this journey has changed

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

Recent direction: average delay rose from 1.5 minutes to 3.2 minutes between the two latest complete months.

Month	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	Cancelled	Average delay
Dec 2025	374	78%	<1%	3%	3.1 min
Jan 2026	414	75%	1%	10%	2.6 min
Feb 2026	305	81%	2%	2%	3 min
Mar 2026	481	87%	<1%	3%	1.3 min
Apr 2026	386	76%	1%	10%	2.3 min
May 2026	442	79%	2%	4%	3 min
Jun 2026	456	76%	3%	4%	3.6 min
Jul 2026	485	74%	4%	8%	3.8 min
Aug 2026	467	76%	2%	5%	3.1 min
Sept 2026	471	89%	<1%	1%	1.5 min
Oct 2026	425	78%	2%	2%	3.2 min
Nov 2026 to date	27	82%	0%	0%	1.9 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
Sat 08:54	37	97%	0%	0%	0
Tue 07:54	37	97%	0%	0%	1
Wed 07:54	37	97%	0%	0%	0
Mon 06:54	44	95%	0%	0%	1
Thu 06:54	43	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 06:54	43	95%	2%	0%	1
Mon 05:05	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Mon 06:03	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 05:55	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Tue 05:04	39	95%	0%	0%	2
Wed 05:04	39	95%	0%	0%	1
Mon 07:54	38	95%	0%	0%	0
Fri 07:55	18	100%	0%	0%	0
Sat 06:54	37	95%	0%	0%	1
Sat 07:54	37	95%	0%	0%	2
Thu 07:54	37	95%	0%	0%	0
Mon 05:55	17	100%	0%	0%	0
Mon 07:55	17	100%	0%	0%	0
Sat 07:55	17	100%	0%	0%	0
Tue 07:55	17	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 07:55	17	100%	0%	0%	0
Fri 07:54	35	94%	0%	0%	1
Mon 05:04	43	93%	0%	0%	0
Thu 06:02	43	93%	0%	0%	0
Wed 06:54	43	93%	0%	0%	0
Mon 05:54	42	93%	2%	0%	0
Mon 08:54	43	91%	2%	0%	0
Thu 08:54	43	91%	0%	0%	0
Fri 06:02	41	90%	0%	0%	2
Sat 05:04	40	90%	0%	0%	0
Thu 05:04	40	90%	3%	0%	1
Thu 05:54	40	90%	0%	0%	0
Tue 05:05	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Wed 05:05	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Mon 09:54	44	89%	0%	0%	2
Fri 05:04	38	89%	0%	0%	2
Wed 13:54	43	88%	0%	0%	1
Fri 06:54	41	88%	3%	3%	2
Mon 06:02	41	88%	0%	0%	0
Fri 09:55	18	94%	0%	0%	0
Thu 06:55	18	94%	0%	0%	0
Thu 07:55	18	94%	0%	0%	0
Tue 05:54	40	88%	0%	0%	3
Wed 05:54	40	88%	0%	0%	1
Thu 09:54	44	86%	0%	0%	2
Mon 14:55	17	94%	0%	0%	0
Wed 12:55	17	94%	0%	0%	0
Tue 06:02	43	86%	0%	0%	5
Tue 08:54	43	86%	0%	0%	2
Fri 05:54	38	87%	0%	0%	1
Sat 12:54	37	86%	0%	0%	0
Mon 11:54	44	84%	0%	0%	2
Mon 13:54	44	84%	0%	0%	0
Sun 16:55	48	83%	4%	0%	1
Fri 05:05	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Thu 05:05	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Sun 12:55	46	83%	4%	0%	1
Sun 08:05	49	82%	0%	0%	3
Sun 14:55	48	81%	2%	0%	3
Sun 17:55	48	81%	0%	0%	5
Mon 15:54	44	82%	0%	0%	2
Sun 10:20	51	80%	0%	0%	2
Sun 11:55	43	81%	0%	0%	3
Thu 13:54	43	81%	0%	0%	5
Thu 14:54	43	81%	0%	0%	3
Thu 15:54	43	81%	0%	0%	3
Tue 09:54	43	81%	0%	0%	3
Wed 06:02	43	81%	0%	0%	1
Wed 15:54	43	81%	2%	0%	2
Sat 05:54	39	82%	0%	0%	4
Sat 06:02	35	83%	0%	0%	2
Fri 06:55	18	89%	6%	0%	0
Fri 13:55	18	89%	6%	0%	1
Fri 14:55	18	89%	0%	0%	1
Sat 06:03	18	89%	0%	0%	1
Sun 13:55	46	80%	2%	0%	3
Sat 09:54	37	81%	3%	0%	4
Sun 15:55	48	79%	2%	0%	1
Mon 06:55	17	88%	0%	0%	0
Mon 15:55	17	88%	0%	0%	0
Sat 06:55	17	88%	0%	0%	1
Sat 08:55	17	88%	0%	0%	0
Sat 09:55	17	88%	0%	0%	0
Sat 12:55	17	88%	0%	0%	0
Sat 15:55	17	88%	0%	0%	0
Fri 06:03	21	86%	0%	0%	0
Thu 12:54	43	79%	0%	0%	2
Tue 11:54	43	79%	0%	0%	4
Wed 09:54	43	79%	0%	0%	0
Wed 10:54	43	79%	0%	0%	0
Fri 05:55	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Wed 06:03	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Sun 18:55	48	77%	2%	2%	3
Fri 08:54	41	78%	0%	0%	3
Mon 10:54	44	77%	0%	0%	1
Mon 12:54	44	77%	7%	0%	1
Mon 14:54	44	77%	0%	0%	1
Mon 16:54	44	77%	0%	0%	1
Sat 11:54	37	78%	3%	0%	1
Sat 13:54	37	78%	0%	0%	5
Thu 10:54	43	77%	5%	0%	0
Thu 11:54	43	77%	0%	0%	2
Tue 10:54	43	77%	0%	0%	3
Tue 12:54	43	77%	0%	0%	2
Wed 11:54	43	77%	2%	0%	1
Wed 16:54	43	77%	0%	0%	3
Wed 17:54	42	76%	3%	0%	3
Fri 15:55	18	83%	0%	0%	1
Thu 12:55	18	83%	0%	0%	1
Sat 05:05	21	81%	0%	0%	1
Sat 17:54	37	76%	3%	0%	4
Thu 16:54	43	74%	0%	0%	3
Tue 13:54	43	74%	5%	0%	3
Tue 14:54	43	74%	5%	0%	2
Wed 08:54	43	74%	0%	0%	2
Wed 14:54	43	74%	0%	0%	1
Mon 08:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Mon 10:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Mon 11:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Mon 18:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Sat 05:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Sat 11:55	17	82%	6%	6%	1
Thu 16:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Tue 06:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Tue 09:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Tue 10:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Tue 11:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Tue 14:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Tue 15:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Tue 16:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Wed 06:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Wed 13:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Wed 14:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Wed 15:55	17	82%	0%	0%	0
Wed 16:55	17	82%	0%	0%	1
Thu 05:55	20	80%	0%	0%	0
Mon 17:54	44	73%	7%	5%	0
Fri 14:54	41	73%	8%	5%	2
Tue 19:54	43	72%	3%	0%	3
Sat 10:54	37	73%	3%	0%	1
Sat 15:54	37	73%	3%	0%	2
Sat 16:54	37	73%	0%	0%	5
Fri 09:54	41	71%	0%	0%	4
Thu 06:03	21	76%	0%	0%	0
Tue 15:54	43	70%	0%	0%	2
Tue 16:54	43	70%	0%	0%	1
Wed 12:54	43	70%	0%	0%	1
Fri 10:55	18	78%	0%	0%	0
Fri 12:55	18	78%	0%	0%	0
Thu 08:55	18	78%	0%	0%	1
Sat 14:54	37	70%	3%	0%	3
Wed 18:54	42	69%	2%	0%	0
Mon 19:54	44	68%	5%	0%	2
Sat 18:54	36	69%	3%	0%	6
Tue 06:03	20	75%	5%	0%	0
Fri 10:54	41	68%	0%	0%	3
Fri 17:54	41	68%	11%	0%	5
Mon 12:55	17	76%	0%	0%	1
Mon 13:55	17	76%	0%	0%	0
Mon 16:55	17	76%	0%	0%	0
Mon 17:55	17	76%	6%	0%	0
Thu 14:55	17	76%	0%	0%	1
Thu 15:55	17	76%	6%	0%	0
Tue 17:55	17	76%	0%	0%	0
Tue 18:55	17	76%	0%	0%	1
Wed 09:55	17	76%	0%	0%	1
Wed 11:55	17	76%	0%	0%	0
Wed 19:55	17	76%	7%	0%	2
Tue 17:54	43	67%	7%	0%	2
Mon 18:54	44	66%	2%	0%	2
Fri 11:54	41	66%	6%	0%	5
Fri 16:54	41	66%	6%	0%	7
Thu 18:55	16	75%	0%	0%	1
Thu 18:54	43	65%	8%	3%	5
Fri 08:55	18	72%	6%	0%	0
Fri 11:55	18	72%	0%	0%	1
Thu 11:55	18	72%	0%	0%	0
Fri 12:54	41	63%	11%	0%	4
Sat 13:55	17	71%	13%	7%	2
Sat 16:55	17	71%	0%	0%	2
Tue 08:55	17	71%	0%	0%	2
Tue 12:55	17	71%	0%	0%	0
Tue 13:55	17	71%	0%	0%	0
Wed 08:55	17	71%	0%	0%	2
Wed 17:55	17	71%	6%	0%	1
Thu 17:54	42	62%	2%	0%	1
Tue 05:55	19	68%	0%	0%	0
Fri 13:54	41	61%	11%	3%	4
Thu 19:54	42	60%	3%	0%	6
Thu 09:55	18	67%	6%	0%	0
Thu 10:55	18	67%	6%	0%	0
Mon 09:55	17	65%	0%	0%	0
Sat 14:55	17	65%	0%	0%	0
Thu 13:55	17	65%	6%	0%	1
Thu 17:55	17	65%	12%	6%	0
Thu 19:55	17	65%	0%	0%	0
Wed 10:55	17	65%	0%	0%	3
Tue 18:54	43	53%	0%	0%	1
Wed 19:54	41	54%	3%	0%	1
Mon 19:55	16	63%	0%	0%	1
Fri 15:54	41	51%	3%	0%	3
Fri 19:54	41	51%	5%	0%	4
Sat 10:55	17	59%	13%	0%	2
Fri 18:54	41	49%	11%	3%	4
Fri 16:55	18	56%	0%	0%	1
Fri 17:55	18	56%	11%	0%	0
Tue 19:55	16	56%	6%	0%	0
Sat 17:55	17	53%	13%	6%	1
Wed 18:55	16	50%	7%	7%	1
Fri 18:55	18	44%	27%	0%	3
Fri 19:55	18	39%	13%	6%	2
Sat 18:55	17	35%	7%	0%	3

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Frequently asked

How often is the Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe train delayed?

Over the last 12 months, 80% of the 6,807 recorded Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe journeys arrived within 5 minutes of schedule. 2% arrived at least 30 minutes late. A delay this long may let a passenger claim Delay Repay compensation. 4% did not complete the journey. The train company checks each claim.

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

The Sat 08:54 has the best record after allowing for the number of past journeys. It was on time for 97% of its 37 recorded journeys.

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

The Fri 18:55 was at least 30 minutes late most often after allowing for the number of past journeys. This happened on 27% of journeys that reached Crewe. This shows train delays, not whether passengers made claims or received money.

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

You may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation. Arriving 30 to 59 minutes late at Crewe 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.