Birkdale train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Birkdale on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
Birkdale is the nearest station for postcodes in PR8. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 508th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 90 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Birkdale
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsdale | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Bank Hall | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Blundellsands & Crosby | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Bootle New Strand | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Bootle Oriel Road | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Formby | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Freshfield | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hillside | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hall Road | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hightown | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Sandhills | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Seaforth & Litherland | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Southport | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Waterloo | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Liverpool Central | 286 | 286 | 63 |
| Moorfields | 286 | 286 | 63 |
Lines serving Birkdale
Birkdale is on the Northern Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Birkdale station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Birkdale station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Birkdale station is
1,064,598 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 508th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Birkdale and Southport than any other pair: 387,330 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.
Nearest other stations
- Hillside 1.0 miles
- Southport 1.0 miles
- Meols Cop 1.8 miles
- Ainsdale 2.5 miles
- Bescar Lane 4.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Birkdale, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Birkdale Palace · 0.6 miles
- Southport Eastbank Street · 0.7 miles
- Southport Lord Street · 0.8 miles
- Southport London Street · 1.0 miles
- Southport Central · 1.1 miles
- Southport Ash Street · 1.2 miles
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Facilities at Birkdale station
Birkdale is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:27 to 00:32 · Sunday: 07:47 to 00:32
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Birkdale station
- Station Car Park 90 spaces, 7 accessible
Cycle parking: 38 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Birkdale station
Birkdale station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J1 (Maghull Lane Interchange), 9.4 miles south-east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Birkdale Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Birkdale station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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