West Allerton train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from West Allerton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Lime Street, with 67 trains a day.
Direct trains from West Allerton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Lime Street | 67 | 67 | 21 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 67 | 67 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 67 | 67 | 21 |
| Warrington Central | 67 | 67 | 21 |
| Hough Green | 66 | 66 | 21 |
| Warrington West | 63 | 63 | 21 |
| Widnes | 41 | 41 | 21 |
| Halewood | 37 | 37 | 21 |
| Hunts Cross | 37 | 37 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Birchwood | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Flixton | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Irlam | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Padgate | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Urmston | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Glazebrook | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| Chassen Road | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| Sankey for Penketh | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving West Allerton
West Allerton is on the Weaver Junction and Liverpool Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through West Allerton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside West Allerton 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 West Allerton station is
61,846 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,970th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between West Allerton and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 41,930 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 23, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 23.
Nearest other stations
- Mossley Hill 0.7 miles
- Cressington 0.8 miles
- Aigburth 0.9 miles
- Liverpool South Parkway 1.1 miles
- St Michaels 2.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of West Allerton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Garston railway station (Merseyside) · 1.0 miles
- Garston Dock · 1.0 miles
- Church Road Garston · 1.2 miles
- Otterspool · 1.2 miles
- Sefton Park · 1.6 miles
- Wavertree · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at West Allerton station
West Allerton is staffed full time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:55 to 23:50 · Sunday: closed
WiFi
From National Rail's station record, last updated 15 May 2026.
Getting to West Allerton station
West Allerton station is in Liverpool, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J4 (The Rocket), 2.5 miles north.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being West Allerton Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
West Allerton 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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