Eastham Rake train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Eastham Rake on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 389 trains a day.
- 20 direct destinations
- 1,034th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 101 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Eastham Rake
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Liverpool James Street | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Birkenhead Central | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Green Lane | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Rock Ferry | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Bebington | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bromborough Rake | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bromborough | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Hooton | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Port Sunlight | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Spital | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bache | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Capenhurst | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Chester | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Liverpool Central | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Moorfields | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Ellesmere Port | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Little Sutton | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Overpool | 140 | 140 | 190 |
Lines serving Eastham Rake
Eastham Rake is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down Chester) and the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Chester), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Eastham Rake station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Eastham Rake 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 Eastham Rake station is
371,254 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,034th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Eastham Rake and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 68,700 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
- Hooton 0.7 miles
- Bromborough 1.0 miles
- Bromborough Rake 1.6 miles
- Little Sutton 2.2 miles
- Spital 2.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Eastham Rake, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Hadlow Road · 1.6 miles
- Ledsham · 2.0 miles
- Neston South · 3.4 miles
- Parkgate · 4.0 miles
- Burton Point · 4.1 miles
- Rock Lane · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Eastham Rake station
Eastham Rake is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Toilets
Parking at Eastham Rake station
- Station Car Park 101 spaces, 4 accessible
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Eastham Rake station
Eastham Rake station is in Wirral, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J5 (Hooton), 0.7 miles south-east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Scafell Close.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Eastham Rake 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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