Seaforth & Litherland train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Seaforth & Litherland on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
See Seaforth & Litherland on the map
Seaforth & Litherland is the nearest station for postcodes in L21. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 615th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 48 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Seaforth & Litherland
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sandhills | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Southport | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Waterloo | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Liverpool Central | 286 | 286 | 63 |
| Moorfields | 286 | 286 | 63 |
Lines serving Seaforth & Litherland
Seaforth & Litherland is on the Northern Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Seaforth & Litherland station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Seaforth & Litherland 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 Seaforth & Litherland station is
852,056 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 615th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Seaforth & Litherland and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 289,872 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
- Bootle New Strand 1.0 miles
- Waterloo 1.0 miles
- Bootle Oriel Road 1.4 miles
- Walton 1.7 miles
- Orrell Park 1.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Seaforth & Litherland, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Linacre Road · 0.3 miles
- Seaforth Sands · 0.5 miles
- Gladstone Dock · 0.6 miles
- Gladstone Dock · 0.8 miles
- North Mersey railway goods · 1.0 miles
- Alexandra Dock · 1.2 miles
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Facilities at Seaforth & Litherland station
Seaforth & Litherland is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:52 to 00:07 · Sunday: 08:07 to 00:07
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Seaforth & Litherland station
- Station Car Park 48 spaces, 5 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 34 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 8 May 2026.
Getting to Seaforth & Litherland station
Seaforth & Litherland station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 4.2 miles east.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Seaforth and Litherland Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Seaforth & Litherland 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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