The Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Ormskirk)
The Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Ormskirk) runs for 10.4 miles between Aughton Park and Kirkdale, serving 10 stations, with a top line speed of 60 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 10.4 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 11 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 10 |
| Top line speed | 60 mph |
| Passengers a year | 7.1 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Aughton Park185,634 a year
- Town Green409,698 a year
- Maghull North613,510 a year
- Maghull1.3 million a year
- Old Roan963,306 a year
- Aintree977,074 a year
- Orrell Park976,174 a year
- Rice Lane422,834 a year
- Walton370,070 a year
- Kirkdale930,362 a year
The busiest station on the line is Maghull, 1.3 million entries and exits a year and 430th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Ormskirk), Seaforth Container Terminal Branch.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.