Flixton train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Flixton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birchwood, with 47 trains a day.
- 21 direct destinations
- 1,677th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Flixton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Irlam | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Urmston | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Warrington Central | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Padgate | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 33 | 34 | 21 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 33 | 34 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 33 | 33 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Hough Green | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| West Allerton | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Warrington West | 31 | 32 | 21 |
| Chassen Road | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 27 | 26 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| Glazebrook | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| Widnes | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Halewood | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Hunts Cross | 2 | 3 | 21 |
Lines serving Flixton
Flixton is on the Manchester and Allerton Junction Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Flixton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Flixton 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 Flixton station is
119,346 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,677th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Flixton and Manchester Oxford Road than any other pair: 71,216 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: 15 stations instead of 21, a drop of about 29%. Saturday runs to 21.
Nearest other stations
- Chassen Road 0.7 miles
- Urmston 1.3 miles
- Irlam 2.1 miles
- Humphrey Park 2.4 miles
- Patricroft 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Flixton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Partington · 2.0 miles
- Cadishead · 2.5 miles
- Barton Moss · 2.5 miles
- Lamb's Cottage · 3.0 miles
- Brooklands · 3.0 miles
- West Timperley · 3.1 miles
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Facilities at Flixton station
Flixton is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:20 to 12:50 · at weekends: closed
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Flixton station
Flixton station is in Trafford, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M60 J10 (Redclyffe), 1.7 miles north-east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Flixton Village.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Flixton 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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