Waterloo train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Waterloo on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.
Waterloo is the nearest station for postcodes in L22. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 367th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Waterloo
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 |
| Seaforth & Litherland | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Southport | 288 | 288 | 127 |
| Liverpool Central | 286 | 286 | 63 |
| Moorfields | 286 | 286 | 63 |
Lines serving Waterloo
Waterloo is on the Northern Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Waterloo station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Waterloo 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 Waterloo station is
1,508,982 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 367th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Waterloo and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 597,878 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
- Seaforth & Litherland 1.0 miles
- Blundellsands & Crosby 1.1 miles
- Hall Road 1.9 miles
- Bootle New Strand 2.0 miles
- Bootle Oriel Road 2.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Waterloo, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Seaforth Sands · 1.2 miles
- Gladstone Dock · 1.3 miles
- Linacre Road · 1.3 miles
- Gladstone Dock · 1.5 miles
- North Mersey railway goods · 1.8 miles
- Alexandra Dock · 2.0 miles
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Facilities at Waterloo station
Waterloo is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Waterloo station
Waterloo station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 4.9 miles east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Waterloo Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Waterloo 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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