Runcorn East train station
You can reach 59 stations directly from Runcorn East on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Earlestown, with 52 trains a day.
Runcorn East is the nearest station for postcodes in WA7. Check your own postcode.
- 59 direct destinations
- 1,412th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 50 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Runcorn East
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earlestown | 52 | 51 | 31 |
| Chester | 51 | 50 | 31 |
| Frodsham | 51 | 50 | 31 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 51 | 50 | 31 |
| Helsby | 48 | 48 | 31 |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 48 | 48 | 31 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 40 | 40 | 31 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 39 | 40 | 31 |
| East Didsbury | 38 | 36 | 0 |
| Manchester Airport | 38 | 36 | 21 |
| Colwyn Bay | 35 | 32 | 4 |
| Flint | 35 | 32 | 3 |
| Llandudno Junction | 35 | 32 | 4 |
| Prestatyn | 35 | 32 | 3 |
| Rhyl | 35 | 32 | 4 |
| Shotton | 35 | 32 | 3 |
| Bangor | 33 | 30 | 3 |
| Conwy | 33 | 30 | 1 |
| Holyhead | 33 | 30 | 3 |
| Llanfairfechan | 33 | 30 | 1 |
| Llanfairpwll | 33 | 30 | 3 |
| Penmaenmawr | 33 | 30 | 1 |
| Manchester Victoria | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| Bradford Interchange | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Bramley | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Hebden Bridge | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Halifax | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Leeds | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Low Moor | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Mytholmroyd | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| New Pudsey | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Sowerby Bridge | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Todmorden | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Valley | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Abergele and Pensarn | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Bodorgan | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Rhosneigr | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Ty Croes | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Broad Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 19 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Runcorn East
Runcorn East is on the Chester to Manchester Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Runcorn East station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Runcorn East station on 27 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 5 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 4 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 Runcorn East station is
195,576 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,412th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Runcorn East and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 38,050 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
Sunday is a different railway here: 26 stations instead of 59, a drop of about 56%. Saturday runs to 53.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Runcorn East gains 4 destinations including Chirk, Ruabon, Gobowen, Wrexham General and loses 1 including Crewe.
Nearest other stations
- Runcorn 3.1 miles
- Frodsham 3.3 miles
- Sankey for Penketh 4.5 miles
- Widnes 4.5 miles
- Warrington West 4.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Runcorn East, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Preston Brook · 0.8 miles
- Sutton Weaver · 1.1 miles
- Halton · 1.7 miles
- Moore · 2.1 miles
- Daresbury · 2.2 miles
- Cuerdley · 2.8 miles
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Facilities at Runcorn East station
Runcorn East is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 12:00 · Saturday: 08:00 to 13:15 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Runcorn East station
- Station Car Park 50 spaces
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Runcorn East station
Runcorn East station is in Halton, North West, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M56 J11 (Preston Brook Interchange), 0.7 miles east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Runcorn East.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Runcorn East 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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