New Brighton train station
You can reach 10 stations directly from New Brighton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birkenhead North, with 240 trains a day.
New Brighton is the nearest station for postcodes in CH45, CH27. Check your own postcode.
- 10 direct destinations
- 462nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 12 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from New Brighton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenhead North | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Birkenhead Park | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Hamilton Square | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Conway Park | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Liverpool James Street | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Wallasey Grove Road | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Wallasey Village | 240 | 240 | 191 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 120 | 120 | 64 |
| Liverpool Central | 120 | 120 | 64 |
| Moorfields | 120 | 120 | 64 |
Freight through New Brighton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside New Brighton 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 New Brighton station is
1,192,234 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 462nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between New Brighton and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 284,826 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
- Wallasey Grove Road 1.1 miles
- Wallasey Village 1.3 miles
- Bootle Oriel Road 2.2 miles
- Birkenhead North 2.3 miles
- Bidston 2.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of New Brighton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Warren · 0.6 miles
- Liscard and Poulton · 1.7 miles
- North Mersey railway goods · 1.9 miles
- Alexandra Dock · 1.9 miles
- Langton Dock · 1.9 miles
- Gladstone Dock · 1.9 miles
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Facilities at New Brighton station
New Brighton is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:38 to 00:28 · Sunday: 07:38 to 00:28
Toilets · Waiting room
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to New Brighton station
New Brighton station is in Wirral, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J1 (Bidston Island), 2.3 miles south-west.
12 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being New Brighton Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
New Brighton 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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