Warrington Central train station
You can reach 66 stations directly from Warrington Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Lime Street, with 133 trains a day.
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Address: Winwick Street, Warrington, WA2 7TT
Warrington Central is the nearest station for postcodes in WA1. Check your own postcode.
- 66 direct destinations
- 443rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 71 parking spaces
- 23 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Warrington Central
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Lime Street | 133 | 136 | 68 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 133 | 136 | 68 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 110 | 112 | 68 |
| Birchwood | 85 | 86 | 50 |
| Irlam | 75 | 76 | 21 |
| Urmston | 73 | 74 | 21 |
| Warrington West | 72 | 73 | 50 |
| Widnes | 70 | 72 | 39 |
| Hough Green | 68 | 69 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 68 | 68 | 21 |
| West Allerton | 67 | 67 | 21 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 65 | 67 | 47 |
| Sheffield | 63 | 64 | 47 |
| Stockport | 59 | 63 | 47 |
| Flixton | 47 | 47 | 21 |
| Padgate | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| Hunts Cross | 38 | 39 | 21 |
| Halewood | 37 | 38 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 32 | 33 | 26 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 31 | 32 | 25 |
| Barnetby | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Cleethorpes | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Grimsby Town | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Habrough | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Scunthorpe | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Chesterfield | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Nottingham | 29 | 29 | 18 |
| Alfreton | 27 | 28 | 18 |
| Chassen Road | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 27 | 26 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| Glazebrook | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Ely | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Grantham | 21 | 23 | 10 |
| Norwich | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 21 | 22 | 10 |
| Thetford | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Dore and Totley | 16 | 15 | 8 |
| Deansgate | 13 | 13 | 21 |
and 26 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Warrington Central
Warrington Central 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 Warrington Central station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Warrington Central 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 Warrington Central station is
1,268,378 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 443rd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 81,594 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road than any other pair: 372,272 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: 40 stations instead of 66, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 59.
Nearest other stations
- Warrington Bank Quay 0.6 miles
- Padgate 1.7 miles
- Warrington West 1.8 miles
- Sankey for Penketh 2.4 miles
- Birchwood 3.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Warrington Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Dallam Lane · 0.2 miles
- Warrington Arpley · 0.5 miles
- Warrington Wilderspool · 0.6 miles
- Whitecross · 0.8 miles
- Latchford · 1.4 miles
- Sankey Bridges · 1.6 miles
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Facilities at Warrington Central station
Warrington Central is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:00 to 20:30 · Sunday: 08:00 to 20:30
Toilets
Parking at Warrington Central station
- Station Car Park 71 spaces, 4 accessible
£4.40 a day, £17.60 a week
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 July 2026.
Getting to Warrington Central station
Warrington Central station is in Warrington, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J9 (Stump Cross), 2.1 miles north.
23 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Central Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Warrington Central 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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