Irlam train station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Irlam on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birchwood, with 75 trains a day.
Irlam is the nearest station for postcodes in M44, M31. Check your own postcode.
- 38 direct destinations
- 1,232nd busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 16 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Irlam
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood | 75 | 76 | 21 |
| Warrington Central | 75 | 76 | 21 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 74 | 75 | 21 |
| Urmston | 73 | 74 | 21 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 61 | 63 | 21 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 61 | 63 | 21 |
| Flixton | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Padgate | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Warrington West | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 33 | 33 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Hough Green | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| West Allerton | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 28 | 29 | 0 |
| Chassen Road | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Sheffield | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 27 | 26 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Glazebrook | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 24 | 25 | 0 |
| Stockport | 24 | 26 | 0 |
| Barnetby | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Cleethorpes | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Grimsby Town | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Habrough | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Scunthorpe | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| Dore and Totley | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Widnes | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Halewood | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Hunts Cross | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Althorpe | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Crowle | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hatfield & Stainforth | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk Sandall | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Manchester Airport | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorne South | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Irlam
Irlam 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 Irlam station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Irlam 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 Irlam station is
262,430 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,232nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Irlam and Manchester Oxford Road than any other pair: 124,136 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 38, a drop of about 61%. Saturday runs to 37.
Nearest other stations
- Glazebrook 1.2 miles
- Flixton 2.1 miles
- Chassen Road 2.8 miles
- Urmston 3.4 miles
- Birchwood 4.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Irlam, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cadishead · 0.5 miles
- Partington · 1.1 miles
- Lamb's Cottage · 2.6 miles
- Astley · 2.6 miles
- Flow Moss · 2.8 miles
- Dunham Massey · 3.0 miles
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Facilities at Irlam station
Irlam is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Irlam station
- Station Car Park 16 spaces
free
From National Rail's station record, last updated 31 August 2026.
Getting to Irlam station
Irlam station is in Salford, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J11 (Birchwood Interchange), 2.5 miles west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Irlam Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Irlam 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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