Sandhills train station

You can reach 36 stations directly from Sandhills on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Central, with 672 trains a day.

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Sandhills is the nearest station for postcodes in L5. Check your own postcode.

36 direct destinations
513th busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free throughout
4 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Sandhills

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Liverpool Central	672	672	128
Moorfields	672	672	128
Kirkdale	380	380	193
Ainsdale	288	288	127
Bank Hall	288	288	127
Birkdale	288	288	127
Blundellsands & Crosby	288	288	127
Bootle New Strand	288	288	127
Bootle Oriel Road	288	288	127
Formby	288	288	127
Freshfield	288	288	127
Hillside	288	288	127
Hall Road	288	288	127
Hightown	288	288	127
Seaforth & Litherland	288	288	127
Southport	288	288	127
Waterloo	288	288	127
Aintree	253	253	128
Aughton Park	253	253	128
Maghull	253	253	128
Maghull North	253	253	128
Ormskirk	253	253	128
Orrell Park	253	253	128
Old Roan	253	253	128
Town Green	253	253	128
Walton	253	253	128
Aigburth	128	128	62
Brunswick	128	128	62
Cressington	128	128	62
Hunts Cross	128	128	62
Liverpool South Parkway	128	128	62
St Michaels	128	128	62
Fazakerley	127	127	65
Headbolt Lane	127	127	65
Kirkby	127	127	65
Rice Lane	127	127	65

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Lines serving Sandhills

Sandhills is on the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport) and the Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Southport), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Sandhills station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Sandhills 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 Sandhills station is

1,049,448 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 513th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 842,213 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Sandhills and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 425,106 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.