Bootle New Strand train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Bootle New Strand on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
See Bootle New Strand on the map
Bootle New Strand is the nearest station for postcodes in L20. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 596th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 1 parking space
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bootle New Strand
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 |
| Birkdale | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Blundellsands & Crosby | 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 Bootle New Strand
Bootle New Strand is on the Northern Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bootle New Strand station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bootle New Strand 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 Bootle New Strand station is
885,026 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 596th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bootle New Strand and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 196,316 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
- Bootle Oriel Road 0.4 miles
- Seaforth & Litherland 1.0 miles
- Kirkdale 1.0 miles
- Bank Hall 1.1 miles
- Walton 1.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bootle New Strand, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Alexandra Dock · 0.5 miles
- North Mersey railway goods · 0.6 miles
- Alexandra Dock · 0.6 miles
- Miller's Bridge · 0.6 miles
- Langton Dock · 0.6 miles
- Gladstone Dock · 0.7 miles
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Facilities at Bootle New Strand station
Bootle New Strand is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:50 to 00:05 · Sunday: 08:05 to 00:05 · Monday to Friday: 05:45 to 00:05 · Saturday: 05:45 to 00:05
Waiting room
Parking at Bootle New Strand station
- Station Car Park 1 spaces, 1 accessible
Cycle parking: 32 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Bootle New Strand station
Bootle New Strand station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 4.0 miles north-east.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bootle Bus Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bootle New Strand 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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