Padgate train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Padgate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birchwood, with 44 trains a day.
Padgate is the nearest station for postcodes in WA2. Check your own postcode.
- 21 direct destinations
- 1,681st busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 22 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Padgate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Flixton | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Irlam | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Urmston | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Warrington Central | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Mossley Hill | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Edge Hill | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Hough Green | 32 | 33 | 0 |
| West Allerton | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Warrington West | 31 | 32 | 0 |
| Chassen Road | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 25 | 24 | 0 |
| Glazebrook | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Widnes | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Halewood | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Hunts Cross | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Lines serving Padgate
Padgate is on the Manchester and Allerton Junction Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Padgate station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Padgate 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 Padgate station is
118,198 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,681st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Padgate and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 34,276 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
There is no Sunday service from Padgate. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Birchwood 1.4 miles
- Warrington Central 1.7 miles
- Warrington Bank Quay 2.3 miles
- Warrington West 3.4 miles
- Sankey for Penketh 4.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Padgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Dallam Lane · 1.8 miles
- Latchford · 1.9 miles
- Warrington Wilderspool · 2.1 miles
- Warrington Arpley · 2.1 miles
- Thelwall · 2.3 miles
- Winwick Quay · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Padgate station
Padgate is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Padgate station
- Station Car Park 22 spaces
£2.20 a day, £8.80 a week
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Padgate station
Padgate station is in Warrington, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M6 J21A (Croft Interchange), 1.0 miles north-east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Padgate Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Padgate 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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