--- title: "Manchester Greater Manchester to Maer Staffordshire – 3 ways by car, train, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Manchester Greater Manchester to Maer Staffordshire is 55 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 9m. Cheapest: drive from £7. Real timetables, prices labelled live…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-maer-staffordshire" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-maer-staffordshire.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Manchester Greater Manchester to Maer Sta­f­f­o­r­d­s­h­ire [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire) [Maer Staffordshire to Manchester Greater Manchester](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/maer-staffordshire-to-manchester-greater-manchester) **Fastest:** 1h 9m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £7\ by car\ **Distance:** 55 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 6\ from 08:00, Thu 5 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 55 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 5 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 10 min quicker than the train and £53 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 9m£7–10 Estimated 80 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire) - [**Train** 1h 21m£60–105 Estimated every 10 min · CrossCountry](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire) - [**Taxi** 1h 9m£110–160 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:03 → 09:24 1h 21m · direct CrossCountry£60–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=t1kux96t) 2. [08:14 → 09:30 1h 16m · direct Avanti West Coast Avanti£60–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=t18hb9hj) 3. [08:43 → 10:04 1h 21m · direct CrossCountry£60–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=t2bk54s) 4. [08:54 → 10:13 1h 19m · direct Avanti West Coast Avanti£60–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=thooahr) 5. [09:03 → 10:24 1h 21m · direct CrossCountry£60–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=tns6fjb) 6. [09:14 → 10:30 1h 16m · direct Avanti West Coast Avanti£60–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Manchester+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer+Staffordshire&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=t43ocuq) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Manchester Greater Manchester to Maer Staffordshire? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 9m door to door. The straight-line distance is 55 km. What is the cheapest way from Manchester Greater Manchester to Maer Staffordshire? Driving is the cheapest, from £7. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. Is there a direct train from Manchester Greater Manchester to Maer Staffordshire? Yes. Of the trains we read from 08:00, 6 are direct, the fastest taking 1h 16m; more may run later in the day. Fares run £60–105 across classes. How far is Maer Staffordshire from Manchester Greater Manchester by road? About 80 km, roughly 1h 9m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £7–10; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - CrossCountry - Avanti West Coast Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Maer Staffordshire Village in Staffordshire, England Maer is a rural village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, to the west of the pottery manufacturing city of Stoke-on-Trent. 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