Irlam railway 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.
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 |
| Hough Green | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 31 | 32 | 0 |
| West Allerton | 31 | 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 |
| Glazebrook | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Stockport | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 24 | 26 | 0 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 24 | 25 | 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 Victoria | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorne South | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How busy Irlam 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.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Irlam gains 1 destination including Manchester Airport and loses 1 including Manchester Victoria.
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
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.