Prescot train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Prescot on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Garswood, with 71 trains a day.
Prescot is the nearest station for postcodes in L34. Check your own postcode.
- 18 direct destinations
- 1,170th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 48 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Prescot
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garswood | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Huyton | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| St Helens Central | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Wigan North Western | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Bryn | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Eccleston Park | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Thatto Heath | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Roby | 69 | 70 | 16 |
| Broad Green | 68 | 69 | 16 |
| Wavertree Technology Park | 68 | 69 | 16 |
| Edge Hill | 67 | 68 | 0 |
| Leyland | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| Preston | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| Blackpool North | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Euxton Balshaw Lane | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Lines serving Prescot
Prescot is on the Liverpool to Wigan Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Prescot station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Prescot station on 73 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 14 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 5 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Prescot station is
292,684 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,170th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Prescot and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 192,460 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
- Whiston 0.7 miles
- Eccleston Park 0.9 miles
- Rainhill 1.4 miles
- Thatto Heath 1.9 miles
- Huyton 2.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Prescot, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Huyton Quarry · 1.3 miles
- St Helens Central (GCR) · 3.4 miles
- Clock Face · 3.6 miles
- Peasley Cross · 3.6 miles
- Union Bank Farm Halt · 3.6 miles
- Gateacre · 3.7 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Prescot station
Prescot is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:45 to 23:30 · Sunday: 08:15 to 23:30
Toilets
Parking at Prescot station
- Station Car Park 48 spaces, 3 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 15 July 2026.
Getting to Prescot station
Prescot station is in Knowsley, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J2 (Forest House Interchange), 0.9 miles west.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Prescot Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Prescot 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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