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.
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.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 133 | 131 | 90 |
| Carlisle | 91 | 88 | 68 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 87 | 88 | 68 |
| Penrith (North Lakes) | 65 | 69 | 56 |
| Wigan North Western | 65 | 63 | 46 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 63 | 60 | 38 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 62 | 59 | 40 |
| Glasgow Central | 61 | 60 | 46 |
| Manchester Airport | 61 | 59 | 38 |
| Carnforth | 59 | 59 | 33 |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 57 | 56 | 40 |
| London Euston | 53 | 51 | 37 |
| Bolton | 51 | 58 | 39 |
| Bare Lane | 48 | 46 | 8 |
| Morecambe | 48 | 46 | 8 |
| Arnside | 42 | 42 | 23 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 42 | 42 | 23 |
| Dalton | 42 | 42 | 22 |
| Grange-over-Sands | 42 | 42 | 23 |
| Lockerbie | 42 | 38 | 31 |
| Ulverston | 42 | 42 | 23 |
| Cark and Cartmel | 41 | 41 | 21 |
| Silverdale | 41 | 41 | 22 |
| Roose | 40 | 40 | 22 |
| Kents Bank | 38 | 38 | 21 |
| Motherwell | 37 | 35 | 39 |
| Crewe | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 30 | 28 | 22 |
| Haymarket | 30 | 28 | 22 |
| Gatley | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Chorley | 27 | 30 | 18 |
| Stafford | 27 | 30 | 18 |
| Wolverhampton | 27 | 28 | 19 |
| Birmingham New Street | 26 | 27 | 19 |
| Sandwell and Dudley | 26 | 27 | 18 |
| Birmingham International | 24 | 23 | 17 |
| Coventry | 24 | 23 | 17 |
| Bentham | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Clapham | 16 | 16 | 10 |
and 46 more stations, each served less often.
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.
Nearest other stations
- Bare Lane 2.1 miles
- Morecambe 2.9 miles
- Carnforth 5.8 miles
- Silverdale 8.3 miles
- Kents Bank 9.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Lancaster, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Lancaster Green Ayre · 0.5 miles
- Lancaster (Greaves) · 0.5 miles
- Scale Hall · 0.6 miles
- Morecambe Poulton Lane · 2.4 miles
- Halton · 2.6 miles
- Morecambe Euston Road · 2.7 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.