Widnes railway station
You can reach 52 stations directly from Widnes on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Lime Street, with 70 trains a day.
Widnes is the nearest station for postcodes in WA8. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Widnes
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Lime Street | 70 | 72 | 39 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 70 | 72 | 39 |
| Warrington Central | 70 | 72 | 39 |
| Hough Green | 40 | 41 | 21 |
| Mossley Hill | 40 | 41 | 21 |
| West Allerton | 40 | 41 | 21 |
| Hunts Cross | 38 | 39 | 21 |
| Halewood | 37 | 38 | 21 |
| Warrington West | 37 | 38 | 21 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 35 | 37 | 39 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 30 | 31 | 18 |
| Chesterfield | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Nottingham | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Sheffield | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| Stockport | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Alfreton | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Ely | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Grantham | 21 | 22 | 10 |
| Norwich | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Peterborough | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Thetford | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Birchwood | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Ilkeston | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dore and Totley | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Flixton | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Irlam | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Padgate | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Urmston | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Chinley | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Dronfield | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Glazebrook | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| March | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Chassen Road | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Humphrey Park | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Sankey for Penketh | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Trafford Park | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Attleborough | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Langley Mill | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bamford | 2 | 1 | 1 |
and 12 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Widnes is
428,030 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 950th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Widnes and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 171,234 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: 35 stations instead of 52, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 51.
Nearest other stations
- Hough Green 1.7 miles
- Runcorn 2.8 miles
- Rainhill 3.0 miles
- Lea Green 3.3 miles
- Whiston 3.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Widnes, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Appleton · 0.8 miles
- Farnworth & Bold · 0.9 miles
- Ann Street Halt · 1.3 miles
- Widnes Central · 1.4 miles
- Widnes South · 1.4 miles
- Tanhouse Lane · 1.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.