Meols train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Meols on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bidston, with 236 trains a day.
- 14 direct destinations
- 966th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 62 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Meols
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bidston | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Birkenhead North | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Birkenhead Park | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Hamilton Square | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Conway Park | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Hoylake | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Leasowe | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Liverpool James Street | 236 | 236 | 189 |
| Manor Road | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Moreton | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| West Kirby | 236 | 236 | 188 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Liverpool Central | 118 | 118 | 63 |
| Moorfields | 118 | 118 | 63 |
Lines serving Meols
Meols is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down West Kirby) and the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up West Kirby), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Meols station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Meols 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 Meols station is
414,164 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 966th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Meols and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 86,002 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
- Manor Road 0.7 miles
- Hoylake 1.2 miles
- Moreton 1.8 miles
- West Kirby 2.2 miles
- Leasowe 2.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Meols, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Town Meadow · 0.8 miles
- Kirby Park · 2.5 miles
- Beechwood · 2.8 miles
- Caldy · 3.1 miles
- Thurstaston · 3.9 miles
- Birkenhead Dock · 4.0 miles
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Facilities at Meols station
Meols is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Meols station
- Station Car Park 62 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 34 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 July 2026.
Getting to Meols station
Meols station is in Wirral, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J2A (Moreton Spur), 2.2 miles east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Meols Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Meols 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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