Trains from Birmingham to Shrewsbury

Birmingham to Shrewsbury train information

Which train company can I use?

The journey from Birmingham, situated in England and Shrewsbury, which is in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.

How long is the train?

There are 39 miles from Birmingham to Shrewsbury. Train travel is most of the time the quickest way to travel to Shrewsbury from Birmingham, and it’s also more environmentally friendly than driving or taking the plane.

What is the price of the train?

Fares can change quickly. We recommend you to launch a search to see the latest available offers.

Best prices for Birmingham to Shrewsbury train tickets

Birmingham - Shrewsbury prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Birmingham to Shrewsbury by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

Birmingham - Shrewsbury: the best time to book cheap trains

Cost of the train when booking in advance or at the last minute

Booking your ticket in advance is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. Yet, as you can notice in the graph above, the cost of train tickets Birmingham to Shrewsbury do not tend to change a lot and cost £15.

Best prices for Birmingham to Shrewsbury trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Birmingham and Shrewsbury by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Shrewsbury to Birmingham and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

Discount Birmingham - Shrewsbury train tickets

The best way to spend less on your Birmingham Shrewsbury train ticket must be to have a railcard. While regional railcards exist in some areas, National railcards enable you to make savings on most rail fares across the United Kingdom. Everyone is eligible to at least one of the railcard, even non-UK citizens. National railcards available: 16-25 railcard, Senior discount card, Two together railcard, Family and Friends discount card and Disabled persons railcard.

• To understand the savings that you can make with a railcard, you need to estimate the number of journeys you need to make earnings. You will see that commonly only a few trips are needed.

  For your calculation, you must include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, the discount on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average cost of a Birmingham Shrewsbury ticket is £50.00 (1).

  Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. You will need to make on average 2 trips from Shrewsbury to Birmingham (one way trip) with your railcard to start saving money.

• Railcards enable you to get a third off most rail fares for a year. The Disabled persons railcard costs £20 and the 5 other railcards £30.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey