Lancaster railway station

You can reach 86 stations directly from Lancaster on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Preston, with 133 trains a day.

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Address: Westbourne Road, Lancaster, LA1 5SJ

Lancaster is the nearest station for postcodes in LA1. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Lancaster

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Preston13313190
Carlisle918868
Oxenholme Lake District878868
Penrith (North Lakes)656956
Wigan North Western656346
Manchester Piccadilly636038
Manchester Oxford Road625940
Glasgow Central616046
Manchester Airport615938
Carnforth595933
Warrington Bank Quay575640
London Euston535137
Bolton515839
Bare Lane48468
Morecambe48468
Arnside424223
Barrow-in-Furness424223
Dalton424222
Grange-over-Sands424223
Lockerbie423831
Ulverston424223
Cark and Cartmel414121
Silverdale414122
Roose404022
Kents Bank383821
Motherwell373539
Crewe303124
Edinburgh Waverley302822
Haymarket302822
Gatley29290
Deansgate28280
Chorley273018
Stafford273018
Wolverhampton272819
Birmingham New Street262719
Sandwell and Dudley262718
Birmingham International242317
Coventry242317
Bentham161610
Clapham161610

and 46 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Lancaster is

2,184,042 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 267th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 450,228 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Lancaster and Preston (Lancs) than any other pair: 322,786 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.

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Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Lancaster, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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More about this station on Wikipedia.