Edge Hill train station
You can reach 61 stations directly from Edge Hill on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Lime Street, with 147 trains a day.
Edge Hill is the nearest station for postcodes in L7, L70, L6. Check your own postcode.
- 61 direct destinations
- 1,367th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 1 parking space
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Edge Hill
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Lime Street | 147 | 148 | 0 |
| Broad Green | 111 | 112 | 0 |
| Huyton | 111 | 112 | 0 |
| Roby | 111 | 112 | 0 |
| Wavertree Technology Park | 111 | 112 | 0 |
| Wigan North Western | 69 | 70 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| St Helens Central | 68 | 69 | 0 |
| Bryn | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Eccleston Park | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Garswood | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Prescot | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Thatto Heath | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Earlestown | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| Lea Green | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| Rainhill | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| St Helens Junction | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| Whiston | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| Eccles | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| Patricroft | 39 | 39 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 37 | 37 | 0 |
| Burnage | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| East Didsbury | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Gatley | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Heald Green | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Hough Green | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Mauldeth Road | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Manchester Airport | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Warrington Central | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Mossley Hill | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| Warrington West | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| West Allerton | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Birchwood | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Flixton | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Irlam | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Padgate | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Urmston | 32 | 32 | 0 |
and 21 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Edge Hill
Edge Hill is on the Weaver Junction and Liverpool Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Edge Hill station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Edge Hill 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 Edge Hill station is
209,880 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,367th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 7,499 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 62,558 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
There is no Sunday service from Edge Hill. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Wavertree Technology Park 1.0 miles
- Liverpool Lime Street 1.3 miles
- Liverpool Central 1.4 miles
- Brunswick 1.8 miles
- Moorfields 1.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Edge Hill, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Wavertree Lane · 0.3 miles
- Crown Street closed 1972 · 0.5 miles
- Wavertree · 0.9 miles
- Edge Lane · 1.0 miles
- Stanley · 1.1 miles
- Sefton Park · 1.3 miles
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Facilities at Edge Hill station
Edge Hill is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:30 to 00:10 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Edge Hill station
- Station Car Park 1 spaces, 1 accessible
free
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Edge Hill station
Edge Hill station is in Liverpool, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J4 (The Rocket), 2.1 miles east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Edge Hill Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Edge Hill 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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