Earlestown railway station

You can reach 62 stations directly from Earlestown on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Newton-le-Willows, with 115 trains a day.

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Earlestown is the nearest station for postcodes in WA12. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Earlestown

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Newton-le-Willows	115	99	47
Manchester Piccadilly	72	76	47
Manchester Oxford Road	75	76	47
East Didsbury	69	72	16
Manchester Airport	69	72	37
Chester	72	56	31
Warrington Bank Quay	69	54	31
Runcorn East	52	47	31
Frodsham	51	46	31
Helsby	48	45	31
Broad Green	44	44	16
Huyton	45	44	16
Lea Green	45	44	16
Liverpool Lime Street	45	44	16
Rainhill	45	44	16
Roby	44	44	16
St Helens Junction	45	44	16
Wavertree Technology Park	44	44	16
Whiston	44	44	16
Edge Hill	43	43	0
Eccles	40	40	16
Patricroft	39	39	16
Burnage	33	36	16
Gatley	33	36	16
Heald Green	33	36	16
Mauldeth Road	33	36	16
Deansgate	35	35	16
Colwyn Bay	34	32	4
Flint	34	32	4
Llandudno Junction	34	32	4
Prestatyn	34	32	4
Rhyl	34	32	4
Shotton	34	32	3
Bangor	32	30	3
Conwy	32	30	1
Holyhead	32	30	3
Llanfairfechan	32	30	1
Llanfairpwll	32	30	3
Penmaenmawr	32	30	1
Manchester Victoria	38	22	0

and 23 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Earlestown is

330,956 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,110th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 43,987 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Earlestown and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 57,766 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 43 stations instead of 62, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 63.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Earlestown gains 13 destinations including Styal, Chirk, Ruabon, Sandwell and Dudley, Wilmslow, Wellington.

Nearest other stations

Newton-le-Willows 1.0 miles
St Helens Junction 2.8 miles
Garswood 2.9 miles
Bryn 3.4 miles
St Helens Central 3.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Earlestown, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Collins Green · 1.2 miles
Lowton · 1.7 miles
Haydock · 1.7 miles
Parkside · 1.7 miles
Ashton-in-Makerfield · 2.0 miles
Haydock Park · 2.1 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.