Bootle Oriel Road train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Bootle Oriel Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
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- 16 direct destinations
- 725th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 1 parking space
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bootle Oriel Road
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 New Strand | 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 Oriel Road
Bootle Oriel Road is on the Northern Line and the Seaforth Container Terminal Branch, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bootle Oriel Road station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bootle Oriel Road 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 Oriel Road station is
691,544 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 725th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bootle Oriel Road and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 153,386 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 New Strand 0.4 miles
- Bank Hall 0.7 miles
- Kirkdale 0.7 miles
- Sandhills 1.2 miles
- Seaforth & Litherland 1.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bootle Oriel Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Miller's Bridge · 0.2 miles
- Alexandra Dock · 0.3 miles
- Langton Dock · 0.3 miles
- Brocklebank Dock · 0.4 miles
- Alexandra Dock · 0.4 miles
- North Mersey railway goods · 0.6 miles
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Facilities at Bootle Oriel Road station
Bootle Oriel Road is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:48 to 00:05 · Sunday: 08:03 to 00:05
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Bootle Oriel Road station
- Station Car Park 1 spaces, 1 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 July 2026.
Getting to Bootle Oriel Road station
Bootle Oriel Road station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 4.2 miles north-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bootle Oriel Road Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bootle Oriel Road 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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