Widnes train station
You can reach 53 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.
- 53 direct destinations
- 950th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 50 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
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 | 41 | 41 | 21 |
| West Allerton | 41 | 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 | 30 | 18 |
| Stockport | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Alfreton | 27 | 28 | 18 |
| Grantham | 21 | 22 | 10 |
| Ely | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Norwich | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Peterborough | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Thetford | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Ilkeston | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| Birchwood | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| Edge Hill | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Flixton | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Irlam | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Padgate | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Urmston | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Glazebrook | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Chinley | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Chassen Road | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Dore and Totley | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Dronfield | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Humphrey Park | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| March | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Trafford Park | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Sankey for Penketh | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Attleborough | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Deansgate | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Langley Mill | 3 | 3 | 14 |
and 14 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Widnes station 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: 39 stations instead of 53, a drop of about 26%. Saturday runs to 54.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Widnes loses 1 destination including Derby.
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
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Facilities at Widnes station
Widnes is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:00 to 14:25 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Widnes station
- Station Car Park 50 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 7 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 15 May 2026.
Getting to Widnes station
Widnes station is in Halton, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J7 (Rainhill Stoops Interchange), 1.9 miles north.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Widnes Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Widnes 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