Overpool train station
You can reach 17 stations directly from Overpool on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 142 trains a day.
Direct trains from Overpool
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 142 | 142 | 192 |
| Liverpool James Street | 142 | 142 | 192 |
| Birkenhead Central | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Green Lane | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Rock Ferry | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Bebington | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Bromborough Rake | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Bromborough | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Eastham Rake | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Hooton | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Port Sunlight | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Spital | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Ellesmere Port | 139 | 139 | 190 |
| Little Sutton | 139 | 139 | 190 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 71 | 71 | 64 |
| Liverpool Central | 71 | 71 | 64 |
| Moorfields | 71 | 71 | 64 |
Lines serving Overpool
Overpool is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Overpool station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Overpool 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 Overpool station is
224,060 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,324th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Overpool and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 35,578 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Overpool gains 3 destinations including Chester, Capenhurst, Bache.
Nearest other stations
- Little Sutton 0.8 miles
- Ellesmere Port 1.2 miles
- Capenhurst 1.8 miles
- Hooton 2.3 miles
- Eastham Rake 2.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Overpool, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ledsham · 1.7 miles
- Hadlow Road · 3.3 miles
- Mollington · 3.6 miles
- Church Road Garston · 4.9 miles
- Upton-by-Chester · 4.9 miles
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Facilities at Overpool station
Overpool is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Overpool station
Overpool station is in Cheshire West and Chester, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J7 (Netherpool Road Interchange), 0.8 miles north.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Overpool 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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