Formby train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Formby on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
Formby is the nearest station for postcodes in L37. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 344th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 126 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Formby
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsdale | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Bank Hall | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Birkdale | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Blundellsands & Crosby | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Bootle New Strand | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Bootle Oriel Road | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Freshfield | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hillside | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hall Road | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hightown | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Sandhills | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Seaforth & Litherland | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Southport | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Waterloo | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Liverpool Central | 286 | 286 | 63 |
| Moorfields | 286 | 286 | 63 |
Lines serving Formby
Formby is on the Northern Line and the Merseyrail, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Formby station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Formby 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 Formby station is
1,606,086 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 344th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Formby and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 461,618 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
- Freshfield 0.8 miles
- Hightown 2.1 miles
- Ainsdale 3.5 miles
- Hall Road 4.0 miles
- Blundellsands & Crosby 4.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Formby, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Formby Power Station · 0.8 miles
- Altcar Rifle Range · 1.7 miles
- Mossbridge · 2.5 miles
- Woodvale · 2.6 miles
- Altcar and Hillhouse · 3.6 miles
- Ainsdale Beach · 3.7 miles
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Facilities at Formby station
Formby is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:43 to 00:21 · Sunday: 07:58 to 00:21 · Monday to Friday: 05:38 to 00:21 · Saturday: 05:38 to 00:21
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Formby station
- Station Car Park 126 spaces, 9 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 48 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 August 2026.
Getting to Formby station
Formby station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J1 (Maghull Lane Interchange), 7.2 miles south-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Formby Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Formby 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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