The Merseyrail Wirral Line (Loop)
The Merseyrail Wirral Line (Loop) runs for 2.0 miles between Hamilton Square and Liverpool Lime Street, serving 5 stations, with a top line speed of 45 mph.
See the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Loop) on the live map
The map draws the line on its own, names every station along it, and shows the trains running on it right now.
The line in numbers
| Length | 2.0 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 4 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 5 |
| Top line speed | 45 mph |
| Passengers a year | 40.7 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Hamilton Square1.7 million a year
- Liverpool James Street3.1 million a year
- Moorfields6.6 million a year
- Liverpool Central14.8 million a year
- Liverpool Lime Street14.4 million a year
The busiest station on the line is Liverpool Central, 14.8 million entries and exits a year and 31st busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport), Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Southport), Merseyrail Wirral Line, Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down Chester), Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down West Kirby), Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Chester), Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up West Kirby).
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.