Spital train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Spital on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hamilton Square, with 389 trains a day.
- 20 direct destinations
- 1,019th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- 132 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Spital
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Square | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Liverpool James Street | 389 | 389 | 384 |
| Birkenhead Central | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Green Lane | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Rock Ferry | 388 | 388 | 383 |
| Bebington | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bromborough Rake | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bromborough | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Eastham Rake | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Hooton | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Port Sunlight | 387 | 387 | 382 |
| Bache | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Capenhurst | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Chester | 243 | 243 | 189 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Liverpool Central | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Moorfields | 195 | 195 | 128 |
| Ellesmere Port | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Little Sutton | 140 | 140 | 190 |
| Overpool | 140 | 140 | 190 |
Lines serving Spital
Spital is on the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Down Chester) and the Merseyrail Wirral Line (Up Chester), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Spital station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Spital 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 Spital station is
377,240 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,019th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Spital and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 106,138 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
- Port Sunlight 0.6 miles
- Bromborough Rake 0.7 miles
- Bebington 1.3 miles
- Bromborough 1.3 miles
- Eastham Rake 2.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Spital, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Rock Lane · 2.0 miles
- Tranmere · 2.6 miles
- Herculaneum Dock · 2.9 miles
- Storeton · 3.1 miles
- Otterspool · 3.1 miles
- Toxteth Dock · 3.2 miles
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Facilities at Spital station
Spital is staffed full time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:32 to 00:19 · Sunday: 07:37 to 00:19
Toilets
Parking at Spital station
- Station Car Park 132 spaces, 7 accessible
Cycle parking: 32 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Spital station
Spital station is in Wirral, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M53 J4 (Clatterbridge Interchange), 1.1 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Spital Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Spital 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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