Liverpool Lime Street railway station
Liverpool Lime Street is a major interchange: 188 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 431 trains a day.
See Liverpool Lime Street on the map
Address: Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JD
Direct trains from Liverpool Lime Street
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 431 | 428 | 258 |
| Liverpool James Street | 431 | 428 | 258 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 260 | 256 | 126 |
| Birkenhead North | 238 | 238 | 127 |
| Birkenhead Park | 238 | 238 | 127 |
| Conway Park | 238 | 238 | 127 |
| Liverpool Central | 217 | 215 | 129 |
| Moorfields | 217 | 215 | 129 |
| Birkenhead Central | 192 | 189 | 130 |
| Green Lane | 192 | 189 | 130 |
| Rock Ferry | 192 | 189 | 130 |
| Bebington | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Bromborough Rake | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Bromborough | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Eastham Rake | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Hooton | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Port Sunlight | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Spital | 191 | 188 | 128 |
| Chester | 152 | 149 | 93 |
| Runcorn | 152 | 149 | 99 |
| Huyton | 148 | 146 | 32 |
| Edge Hill | 146 | 148 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 133 | 135 | 84 |
| Warrington Central | 133 | 136 | 68 |
| New Brighton | 120 | 120 | 64 |
| Wallasey Grove Road | 120 | 120 | 64 |
| Wallasey Village | 120 | 120 | 64 |
| Bache | 118 | 115 | 63 |
| Bidston | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Hoylake | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Leasowe | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Meols | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Manor Road | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Moreton | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| West Kirby | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Broad Green | 114 | 115 | 32 |
| Roby | 114 | 115 | 32 |
| Wavertree Technology Park | 113 | 114 | 32 |
| Wigan North Western | 113 | 111 | 24 |
| St Helens Central | 110 | 110 | 24 |
and 148 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Liverpool Lime Street is
14,430,214 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 32nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 986,504 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston than any other pair: 1,838,790 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 149 stations instead of 188, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 176.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Liverpool Lime Street gains 7 destinations including Styal, Chirk, Ruabon, Wilmslow, Gobowen, Shrewsbury.
Nearest other stations
- Liverpool Central 0.2 miles
- Moorfields 0.5 miles
- Liverpool James Street 0.6 miles
- Edge Hill 1.3 miles
- Sandhills 1.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Liverpool Lime Street, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Canning · 0.6 miles
- Park Lane railway goods · 0.8 miles
- Wapping Dock · 0.9 miles
- Liverpool Riverside · 0.9 miles
- Liverpool Great Howard Street · 0.9 miles
- Liverpool St James · 0.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.