[23] Congleton railway station was the northern terminus for passenger trains on the Biddulph Valley Line.

[28] Under British Railways Congleton was served by many special services from Stoke-on-Trent via the Potteries Loop line.

[32][33][34] In the past the station was served by trains to London, these services had stopped calling at Congleton by 1996.

[2][36] In December 2008 Congleton railway station gained an hourly service between Manchester Piccadilly and Stoke-on-Trent Monday-Saturday.

[37] Until 6 June 2020 CrossCountry operated a number of limited peak-hour services between Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and Bournemouth.

[14][15][16] On 27 December 1864 there was a collision between a London and North Western Railway goods engine and van and a North Staffordshire Railway passenger train at Congleton junction where the Biddulph Valley line joined the Stafford-Manchester line.

[39] On 19 January 2006 a Virgin CrossCountry Voyager train caught fire at Congleton railway station.