Hightown train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Hightown on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
Hightown is the nearest station for postcodes in L38. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Hightown
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 |
| Formby | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Freshfield | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hillside | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Hall Road | 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 Hightown
Hightown is on the Northern Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Hightown station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Hightown 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 Hightown station is
297,352 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,163rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Hightown and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 97,984 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
- Hall Road 1.9 miles
- Formby 2.1 miles
- Blundellsands & Crosby 2.7 miles
- Freshfield 2.9 miles
- Waterloo 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Hightown, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Altcar Rifle Range · 0.4 miles
- Formby Power Station · 1.2 miles
- Altcar and Hillhouse · 3.4 miles
- Mossbridge · 3.4 miles
- Lydiate · 3.5 miles
- Sefton and Maghull · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Hightown station
Hightown is staffed full time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:47 to 00:17 · Sunday: 08:02 to 00:17
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 44 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Hightown station
Hightown station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J1 (Maghull Lane Interchange), 6.0 miles east.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Hightown Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Hightown 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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