Cressington train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Cressington on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aigburth, with 129 trains a day.
Cressington is the nearest station for postcodes in L19. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Cressington
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aigburth | 129 | 129 | 64 |
| Brunswick | 129 | 129 | 64 |
| Hunts Cross | 129 | 129 | 64 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 129 | 129 | 64 |
| Liverpool Central | 129 | 129 | 64 |
| St Michaels | 129 | 129 | 64 |
| Moorfields | 128 | 128 | 62 |
| Sandhills | 128 | 128 | 62 |
| Aintree | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Aughton Park | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Kirkdale | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Maghull | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Maghull North | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Ormskirk | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Orrell Park | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Old Roan | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Town Green | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Walton | 122 | 122 | 62 |
Lines serving Cressington
Cressington is on the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport) and the Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Southport), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cressington station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cressington 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 Cressington station is
530,514 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 837th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cressington and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 272,206 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
- Aigburth 0.7 miles
- West Allerton 0.8 miles
- Liverpool South Parkway 0.9 miles
- Mossley Hill 1.4 miles
- St Michaels 2.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cressington, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Garston Dock · 0.4 miles
- Church Road Garston · 0.6 miles
- Garston railway station (Merseyside) · 0.7 miles
- Otterspool · 1.2 miles
- Sefton Park · 2.2 miles
- Dingle · 2.5 miles
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Facilities at Cressington station
Cressington is staffed full time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Cressington station
- Station Car Park 17 spaces, 1 accessible
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Cressington station
Cressington station is in Liverpool, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J4 (The Rocket), 3.4 miles north.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cressington Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cressington 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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