Birchwood railway station
You can reach 48 stations directly from Birchwood on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Warrington Central, with 85 trains a day.
Birchwood is the nearest station for postcodes in WA13. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Birchwood
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington Central | 85 | 86 | 50 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 84 | 85 | 50 |
| Irlam | 75 | 76 | 21 |
| Urmston | 73 | 74 | 21 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 71 | 73 | 50 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 71 | 73 | 50 |
| Flixton | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Padgate | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 38 | 39 | 29 |
| Warrington West | 38 | 39 | 50 |
| Sheffield | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| Stockport | 35 | 36 | 29 |
| Hough Green | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| Doncaster | 31 | 33 | 26 |
| Edge Hill | 31 | 32 | 0 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 31 | 32 | 25 |
| West Allerton | 31 | 32 | 21 |
| Barnetby | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Cleethorpes | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Grimsby Town | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Habrough | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Scunthorpe | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Chassen Road | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 27 | 26 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| Glazebrook | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| Dore and Totley | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| Widnes | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| Alfreton | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chesterfield | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ely | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Grantham | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Norwich | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Thetford | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Althorpe | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Crowle | 2 | 2 | 0 |
and 8 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Birchwood is
437,172 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 937th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Birchwood and Manchester Oxford Road than any other pair: 134,622 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 26 stations instead of 48, a drop of about 46%. Saturday runs to 45.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Birchwood gains 1 destination including Manchester Airport and loses 1 including Manchester Victoria.
Nearest other stations
- Padgate 1.4 miles
- Glazebrook 2.9 miles
- Warrington Central 3.1 miles
- Warrington Bank Quay 3.7 miles
- Irlam 4.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Birchwood, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Thelwall · 2.3 miles
- Newchurch Halt · 2.4 miles
- Lymm · 2.6 miles
- Culcheth · 2.6 miles
- Latchford · 2.9 miles
- Dallam Lane · 3.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.