Birkenhead North train station
You can reach 17 stations directly from Birkenhead North on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birkenhead Park, with 476 trains a day.
See Birkenhead North on the map
Address: Station Road, Birkenhead, CH41 7AZ
Birkenhead North is the nearest station for postcodes in CH44. Check your own postcode.
- 17 direct destinations
- 565th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 630 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Birkenhead North
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenhead Park | 476 | 476 | 379 |
| Hamilton Square | 476 | 476 | 380 |
| Conway Park | 476 | 476 | 379 |
| Liverpool James Street | 476 | 476 | 380 |
| New Brighton | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Wallasey Grove Road | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Wallasey Village | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 238 | 238 | 127 |
| Liverpool Central | 238 | 238 | 127 |
| Moorfields | 238 | 238 | 127 |
| Bidston | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Hoylake | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Leasowe | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Meols | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Manor Road | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Moreton | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| West Kirby | 236 | 236 | 188 |
Lines serving Birkenhead North
Birkenhead North is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down West Kirby) and the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up West Kirby), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Birkenhead North station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Birkenhead North 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 Birkenhead North station is
944,022 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 565th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 91,287 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Birkenhead North and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 254,500 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
- Birkenhead Park 0.9 miles
- Bidston 0.9 miles
- Wallasey Village 1.3 miles
- Conway Park 1.6 miles
- Upton 1.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Birkenhead North, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Birkenhead Dock · 0.2 miles
- Liscard and Poulton · 0.6 miles
- Beechwood · 1.2 miles
- Cathcart Street Goods · 1.4 miles
- Seacombe · 1.6 miles
- Morpeth Dock Goods · 1.8 miles
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Facilities at Birkenhead North station
Birkenhead North is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:49 to 00:17 · Sunday: 07:49 to 00:17
Toilets
Parking at Birkenhead North station
- Station Car Park 630 spaces, 35 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 August 2026.
Getting to Birkenhead North station
Birkenhead North station is in Wirral, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J1 (Bidston Island), 1.1 miles north-west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Birkenhead North Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Birkenhead North 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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