Rock Ferry train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Rock Ferry on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 391 trains a day.
Rock Ferry is the nearest station for postcodes in CH42. Check your own postcode.
- 20 direct destinations
- 729th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 25 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Rock Ferry
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 391 | 391 | 387 |
| Liverpool James Street | 391 | 391 | 387 |
| Birkenhead Central | 390 | 390 | 386 |
| Green Lane | 390 | 390 | 386 |
| Bebington | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Bromborough Rake | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Bromborough | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Eastham Rake | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Hooton | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Port Sunlight | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Spital | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Bache | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Capenhurst | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Chester | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 196 | 196 | 129 |
| Liverpool Central | 196 | 196 | 129 |
| Moorfields | 196 | 196 | 129 |
| Ellesmere Port | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Little Sutton | 141 | 141 | 191 |
| Overpool | 141 | 141 | 191 |
Lines serving Rock Ferry
Rock Ferry is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Rock Ferry station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Rock Ferry 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 Rock Ferry station is
686,206 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 729th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Rock Ferry and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 144,150 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
- Green Lane 0.8 miles
- Bebington 1.1 miles
- Birkenhead Central 1.1 miles
- Hamilton Square 1.5 miles
- Conway Park 1.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Rock Ferry, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Tranmere · 0.2 miles
- Rock Lane · 0.4 miles
- Birkenhead Grange Lane · 1.2 miles
- Birkenhead Town · 1.2 miles
- Birkenhead Monks Ferry · 1.3 miles
- Birkenhead Woodside · 1.6 miles
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Facilities at Rock Ferry station
Rock Ferry is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:29 to 00:12 · Sunday: 07:29 to 00:12
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Rock Ferry station
- Station Car Park 25 spaces, 1 accessible
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Rock Ferry station
Rock Ferry station is in Wirral, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J4 (Clatterbridge Interchange), 2.3 miles south.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rock Ferry Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Rock Ferry 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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