Kirkdale train station
You can reach 22 stations directly from Kirkdale on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Central, with 380 trains a day.
Kirkdale is the nearest station for postcodes in L75, L71, L4. Check your own postcode.
- 22 direct destinations
- 574th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 3 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Kirkdale
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Central | 380 | 380 | 65 |
| Moorfields | 380 | 380 | 65 |
| Sandhills | 380 | 380 | 193 |
| Aintree | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Aughton Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Maghull | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Maghull North | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Ormskirk | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Orrell Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Old Roan | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Town Green | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Walton | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Fazakerley | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Headbolt Lane | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Kirkby | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Rice Lane | 127 | 127 | 65 |
| Aigburth | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Brunswick | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Cressington | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Hunts Cross | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| St Michaels | 122 | 122 | 62 |
Lines serving Kirkdale
Kirkdale is on the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Ormskirk), the Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Ormskirk) and the Seaforth Container Terminal Branch, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Kirkdale station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Kirkdale 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 Kirkdale station is
930,362 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 574th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 119,835 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Kirkdale and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 324,610 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
- Bank Hall 0.3 miles
- Bootle Oriel Road 0.7 miles
- Sandhills 0.9 miles
- Bootle New Strand 1.0 miles
- Walton 1.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kirkdale, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Spellow · 0.5 miles
- Canada Dock · 0.6 miles
- Miller's Bridge · 0.6 miles
- Canada Dock · 0.8 miles
- Walton on the Hill · 0.8 miles
- Walton & Anfield · 0.9 miles
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Facilities at Kirkdale station
Kirkdale is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:42 to 00:19 · Sunday: 08:04 to 00:19
Toilets
Parking at Kirkdale station
- Station Car Park 3 spaces, 2 accessible
free
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 July 2026.
Getting to Kirkdale station
Kirkdale station is in Liverpool, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 4.0 miles north-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Kirkdale Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kirkdale 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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