Ormskirk train station
You can reach 22 stations directly from Ormskirk on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aintree, with 253 trains a day.
Address: Station Approach, Ormskirk, L39 2YN
- 22 direct destinations
- 257th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 110 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ormskirk
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 |
| Orrell Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Old Roan | 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 |
| Burscough Junction | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Croston | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Preston | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Rufford | 34 | 34 | 0 |
Lines serving Ormskirk
Ormskirk is on the Ormskirk Branch Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ormskirk station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ormskirk 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 Ormskirk station is
2,297,090 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 257th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 24,090 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 756,906 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
- Aughton Park 1.2 miles
- Town Green 2.1 miles
- Burscough Junction 2.5 miles
- Burscough Bridge 3.0 miles
- New Lane 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ormskirk, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Westhead Halt · 1.3 miles
- Skelmersdale · 3.2 miles
- Halsall · 3.6 miles
- White Moss Level Crossing Halt · 3.6 miles
- Plex Moss Lane Halt · 3.7 miles
- Barton · 3.8 miles
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Facilities at Ormskirk station
Ormskirk is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:35 to 00:27 · Sunday: 08:05 to 00:27
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Ormskirk station
- Station Car Park 110 spaces, 7 accessible
Cycle parking: 25 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Ormskirk station
Ormskirk station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J3 (Bickerstaffe Interchange), 3.0 miles south-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ormskirk 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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