Liverpool James Street train station
You can reach 33 stations directly from Liverpool James Street on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 869 trains a day.
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Liverpool James Street is the nearest station for postcodes in L74. Check your own postcode.
- 33 direct destinations
- 173rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Liverpool James Street
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 869 | 869 | 771 |
| Birkenhead North | 476 | 476 | 380 |
| Birkenhead Park | 476 | 476 | 380 |
| Conway Park | 476 | 476 | 380 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 435 | 435 | 258 |
| Liverpool Central | 435 | 435 | 258 |
| Moorfields | 435 | 435 | 258 |
| Birkenhead Central | 391 | 391 | 387 |
| Green Lane | 391 | 391 | 387 |
| Rock Ferry | 391 | 391 | 387 |
| Bebington | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Bromborough Rake | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Bromborough | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Eastham Rake | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Hooton | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Port Sunlight | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Spital | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Bache | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Capenhurst | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Chester | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| New Brighton | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Wallasey Grove Road | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Wallasey Village | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Bidston | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Hoylake | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Leasowe | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Meols | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Manor Road | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Moreton | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| West Kirby | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Ellesmere Port | 142 | 142 | 192 |
| Little Sutton | 142 | 142 | 192 |
| Overpool | 142 | 142 | 192 |
Lines serving Liverpool James Street
Liverpool James Street is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Loop). That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Liverpool James Street station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Liverpool James Street 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 Liverpool James Street station is
3,120,046 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 173rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Liverpool James Street and Birkenhead Hamilton Square than any other pair: 315,200 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
- Moorfields 0.3 miles
- Liverpool Central 0.5 miles
- Liverpool Lime Street 0.6 miles
- Hamilton Square 1.2 miles
- Conway Park 1.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Liverpool James Street, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Canning · 0.2 miles
- Liverpool Riverside · 0.3 miles
- Princes Dock · 0.6 miles
- Park Lane railway goods · 0.6 miles
- Wapping Dock · 0.7 miles
- Liverpool Great Howard Street · 0.7 miles
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Facilities at Liverpool James Street station
Liverpool James Street is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Toilets · WiFi
From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 September 2026.
Getting to Liverpool James Street station
Liverpool James Street station is in Liverpool, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J1 (Bidston Island), 3.7 miles west.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being James Street Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Liverpool James Street 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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