Headbolt Lane train station
You can reach 31 stations directly from Headbolt Lane on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Fazakerley, with 127 trains a day.
Headbolt Lane is the nearest station for postcodes in L33. Check your own postcode.
- 31 direct destinations
- 393rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 125 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Headbolt Lane
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fazakerley | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Kirkby | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Kirkdale | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Liverpool Central | 127 | 127 | 1 |
| Moorfields | 127 | 127 | 1 |
| Rice Lane | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Sandhills | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Atherton | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Daisy Hill | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Manchester Victoria | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Orrell | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Pemberton | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Rainford | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Salford Crescent | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Upholland | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Walkden | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Hindley | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Accrington | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Blackburn | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Burnley Manchester Road | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Hag Fold | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Littleborough | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Rose Grove | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Todmorden | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Smithy Bridge | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Walsden | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Moorside | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Headbolt Lane
Headbolt Lane is on the Wigan and Kirkby Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Headbolt Lane station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Headbolt Lane 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 Headbolt Lane station is
1,410,668 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 393rd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 17,871 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Headbolt Lane and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 429,828 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: 7 stations instead of 31, a drop of about 77%. Saturday runs to 31.
Nearest other stations
- Kirkby 0.9 miles
- Maghull 2.2 miles
- Maghull North 2.3 miles
- Fazakerley 2.7 miles
- Old Roan 2.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Headbolt Lane, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Headbolt Lane · 0.2 miles
- Sefton and Maghull · 3.3 miles
- Aintree Racecourse · 3.3 miles
- Warbreck · 3.6 miles
- Clubmoor · 4.0 miles
- Ford · 4.0 miles
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Facilities at Headbolt Lane station
Headbolt Lane is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:33 to 00:28
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Headbolt Lane station
- Station Car Park 125 spaces, 18 accessible
Cycle parking: 80 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 September 2025.
Getting to Headbolt Lane station
Headbolt Lane station is in Knowsley, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 1.4 miles south-west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Headbolt Lane Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Headbolt Lane 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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