Walton train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Walton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aintree, with 253 trains a day.
- 18 direct destinations
- 1,038th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 10 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Walton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Aughton Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Kirkdale | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Liverpool Central | 253 | 253 | 64 |
| Maghull | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Maghull North | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Moorfields | 253 | 253 | 64 |
| Ormskirk | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Orrell Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Old Roan | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Sandhills | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Town Green | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Aigburth | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Brunswick | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Cressington | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Hunts Cross | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| St Michaels | 122 | 122 | 62 |
Lines serving Walton
Walton is on the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Ormskirk) and the Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Ormskirk), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Walton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Walton 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 Walton station is
370,070 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,038th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Walton and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 136,782 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
- Rice Lane 0.1 miles
- Orrell Park 0.4 miles
- Bootle New Strand 1.2 miles
- Kirkdale 1.2 miles
- Aintree 1.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Walton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Warbreck · 0.6 miles
- Walton on the Hill · 0.6 miles
- Spellow · 1.0 miles
- Walton & Anfield · 1.0 miles
- Ford · 1.0 miles
- Aintree Racecourse · 1.0 miles
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Facilities at Walton station
Walton is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:48 to 00:07 · Sunday: 08:07 to 00:07
Parking at Walton station
- Station Car Park 10 spaces, 2 accessible
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Walton station
Walton station is in Liverpool, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 2.9 miles north-east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rice Lane Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Walton 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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