Old Roan train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Old Roan on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aintree, with 253 trains a day.
Old Roan is the nearest station for postcodes in L30, L29. Check your own postcode.
- 18 direct destinations
- 556th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 7 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Old Roan
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Aughton Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Kirkdale | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Liverpool Central | 253 | 253 | 64 |
| Maghull | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Maghull North | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Moorfields | 253 | 253 | 64 |
| Ormskirk | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Orrell Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Sandhills | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Town Green | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Walton | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Aigburth | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Brunswick | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Cressington | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Hunts Cross | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| St Michaels | 122 | 122 | 62 |
Lines serving Old Roan
Old Roan is on the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Ormskirk) and the Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Ormskirk), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Old Roan station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Old Roan 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 Old Roan station is
963,306 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 556th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Old Roan and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 308,886 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
- Aintree 0.9 miles
- Fazakerley 1.4 miles
- Maghull 1.6 miles
- Orrell Park 1.8 miles
- Kirkby 2.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Old Roan, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Aintree Racecourse · 1.2 miles
- Sefton and Maghull · 1.5 miles
- Ford · 1.5 miles
- Warbreck · 1.7 miles
- Linacre Road · 2.5 miles
- Walton on the Hill · 2.8 miles
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Facilities at Old Roan station
Old Roan is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:48 to 00:13 · Sunday: 08:13 to 00:13
Toilets · Waiting room
Cycle parking: 40 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 26 August 2026.
Getting to Old Roan station
Old Roan station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 1.9 miles east.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Old Roan Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Old Roan 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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