Ellesmere Port train station
You can reach 31 stations directly from Ellesmere Port on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 142 trains a day.
Ellesmere Port is the nearest station for postcodes in CH34, CH65. Check your own postcode.
- 31 direct destinations
- 822nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 109 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ellesmere Port
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 142 | 142 | 192 |
| Liverpool James Street | 142 | 142 | 192 |
| Birkenhead Central | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Green Lane | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Rock Ferry | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Bebington | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Bromborough Rake | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Bromborough | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Eastham Rake | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Hooton | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Port Sunlight | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Spital | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Little Sutton | 139 | 139 | 190 |
| Overpool | 139 | 139 | 190 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 72 | 72 | 64 |
| Liverpool Central | 71 | 71 | 64 |
| Moorfields | 71 | 71 | 64 |
| Helsby | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ince and Elton | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Broad Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Edge Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Earlestown | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Huyton | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lea Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rainhill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Roby | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Runcorn East | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| St Helens Junction | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wavertree Technology Park | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Whiston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ellesmere Port station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ellesmere Port 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 Ellesmere Port station is
556,188 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 822nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 154 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 66,008 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: 17 stations instead of 31, a drop of about 45%. Saturday runs to 31.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Ellesmere Port gains 3 destinations including Chester, Capenhurst, Bache.
Nearest other stations
- Overpool 1.2 miles
- Little Sutton 2.0 miles
- Capenhurst 2.4 miles
- Ince and Elton 3.3 miles
- Hooton 3.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ellesmere Port, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ledsham · 2.9 miles
- Mollington · 3.5 miles
- Hadlow Road · 4.5 miles
- Dunham Hill · 4.6 miles
- Upton-by-Chester · 4.7 miles
- Church Road Garston · 4.9 miles
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Facilities at Ellesmere Port station
Ellesmere Port is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:30 to 14:00 · at weekends: closed · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Ellesmere Port station
- Station Car Park 109 spaces
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Ellesmere Port station
Ellesmere Port station is in Cheshire West and Chester, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J9 (Station Road Interchange), 0.3 miles north-east.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ellesmere Port Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ellesmere Port 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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