Hooton train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Hooton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 389 trains a day.
- 20 direct destinations
- 691st busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 418 parking spaces
- 1 bus stop nearby
Direct trains from Hooton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Liverpool James Street | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Birkenhead Central | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Green Lane | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Rock Ferry | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Bebington | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bromborough Rake | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bromborough | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Eastham Rake | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Port Sunlight | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Spital | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bache | 244 | 244 | 190 |
| Capenhurst | 244 | 244 | 190 |
| Chester | 244 | 244 | 190 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Liverpool Central | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Moorfields | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Ellesmere Port | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Little Sutton | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Overpool | 140 | 140 | 190 |
Lines serving Hooton
Hooton is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down Chester) and the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Chester), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Hooton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Hooton 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 Hooton station is
729,906 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 691st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 94,154 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Hooton and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 230,324 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
- Eastham Rake 0.7 miles
- Little Sutton 1.6 miles
- Bromborough 1.8 miles
- Overpool 2.3 miles
- Bromborough Rake 2.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Hooton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ledsham · 1.3 miles
- Hadlow Road · 1.3 miles
- Neston South · 3.3 miles
- Burton Point · 3.7 miles
- Parkgate · 4.1 miles
- Sealand Rifle Range Halt · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Hooton station
Hooton is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:24 to 00:27 · Sunday: 07:29 to 00:27
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Hooton station
- Station Car Park 418 spaces, 24 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 54 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Hooton station
Hooton station is in Cheshire West and Chester, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J5 (Hooton), 0.7 miles north-east.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Hooton 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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