Kirkby train station
You can reach 7 stations directly from Kirkby on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Fazakerley, with 127 trains a day.
Kirkby is the nearest station for postcodes in L32. Check your own postcode.
- 7 direct destinations
- 345th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 218 parking spaces
- 14 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Kirkby
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fazakerley | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Headbolt Lane | 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 |
Freight through Kirkby station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Kirkby 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 Kirkby station is
1,605,216 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 345th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 6,943 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Kirkby and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 737,184 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
- Headbolt Lane 0.9 miles
- Maghull 1.8 miles
- Fazakerley 1.8 miles
- Old Roan 2.0 miles
- Maghull North 2.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kirkby, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Headbolt Lane · 1.1 miles
- Aintree Racecourse · 2.4 miles
- Sefton and Maghull · 2.7 miles
- Warbreck · 2.8 miles
- Ford · 3.2 miles
- Clubmoor · 3.3 miles
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Facilities at Kirkby station
Kirkby 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 Kirkby station
- Station Car Park 125 spaces, 18 accessible
- Station Car Park 93 spaces, 4 accessible
Cycle parking: 80 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Kirkby station
Kirkby station is in Knowsley, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 0.7 miles south.
14 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Kirkby Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kirkby 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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