Newton-le-Willows railway station

You can reach 71 stations directly from Newton-le-Willows on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Earlestown, with 115 trains a day.

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Newton-le-Willows is the nearest station for postcodes in WA3. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Newton-le-Willows

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Earlestown	115	99	47
Liverpool Lime Street	82	82	50
Manchester Victoria	76	76	34
Manchester Oxford Road	75	76	47
Chester	72	71	31
Manchester Piccadilly	72	76	47
East Didsbury	69	72	16
Manchester Airport	69	72	37
Warrington Bank Quay	68	68	31
Leeds	67	30	1
Lea Green	53	82	49
Frodsham	51	51	31
Runcorn East	51	51	31
Helsby	47	44	31
Huyton	44	43	16
Rainhill	44	43	16
St Helens Junction	44	43	16
Broad Green	43	43	16
Roby	43	43	16
Wavertree Technology Park	43	43	16
Whiston	43	43	16
Edge Hill	42	42	0
Eccles	40	40	16
Patricroft	39	39	16
York	36	0	1
Deansgate	35	35	16
Chester-le-Street	34	0	0
Colwyn Bay	34	32	4
Darlington	34	0	0
Durham	34	0	0
Flint	34	32	4
Llandudno Junction	34	32	4
Newcastle	34	0	0
Prestatyn	34	32	4
Rhyl	34	32	4
Shotton	34	32	3
Burnage	33	36	16
Gatley	33	36	16
Heald Green	33	36	16
Mauldeth Road	33	36	16

and 31 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Newton-le-Willows is

1,106,560 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 491st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 363,013 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Newton-le-Willows and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 237,788 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: 52 stations instead of 71, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 63.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Newton-le-Willows gains 13 destinations including Styal, Chirk, Ruabon, Sandwell and Dudley, Wilmslow, Wellington.

Nearest other stations

Earlestown 1.0 miles
Garswood 3.4 miles
Bryn 3.5 miles
St Helens Junction 3.8 miles
Padgate 4.0 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Newton-le-Willows, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Lowton · 0.7 miles
Parkside · 0.7 miles
Golborne South · 1.9 miles
Haydock Park · 2.0 miles
Ashton-in-Makerfield · 2.1 miles
Collins Green · 2.2 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.