Urmston train station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Urmston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birchwood, with 73 trains a day.
- 38 direct destinations
- 1,036th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 64 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Urmston
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood | 73 | 74 | 21 |
| Irlam | 73 | 74 | 21 |
| Warrington Central | 73 | 74 | 21 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 72 | 73 | 21 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 59 | 61 | 21 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 59 | 61 | 21 |
| Flixton | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Padgate | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Mossley Hill | 33 | 33 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Hough Green | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| Warrington West | 32 | 33 | 21 |
| West Allerton | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Chassen Road | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 27 | 26 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 26 | 27 | 0 |
| Glazebrook | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Sheffield | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 22 | 23 | 0 |
| Stockport | 22 | 24 | 0 |
| Barnetby | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| Cleethorpes | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| Grimsby Town | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| Habrough | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| Scunthorpe | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| Dore and Totley | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Widnes | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Halewood | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Hunts Cross | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Althorpe | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Crowle | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hatfield & Stainforth | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk Sandall | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Manchester Airport | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorne South | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Urmston
Urmston is on the Manchester and Allerton Junction Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Urmston station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Urmston 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 Urmston station is
371,074 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,036th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Urmston and Manchester Oxford Road than any other pair: 170,990 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: 15 stations instead of 38, a drop of about 61%. Saturday runs to 37.
Nearest other stations
- Chassen Road 0.6 miles
- Humphrey Park 1.1 miles
- Flixton 1.3 miles
- Trafford Park 1.8 miles
- Patricroft 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Urmston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Brooklands · 2.4 miles
- Manchester United Football Ground · 2.7 miles
- Barton Moss · 2.9 miles
- Monton Green · 3.0 miles
- Weaste · 3.0 miles
- West Timperley · 3.1 miles
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Facilities at Urmston station
Urmston is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 12:45 · Saturday: 07:00 to 13:30 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Urmston station
- Station Car Park 64 spaces
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 14 May 2026.
Getting to Urmston station
Urmston station is in Trafford, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M60 J8 (Carrington Interchange), 0.6 miles south-east.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Urmston Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Urmston 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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