List of railway stations in Merseyside

Lime Street

South Parkway

Hunts Cross

Merseyrail lines shown in Merseyside

Northern Line Wirral Line City Line Primary route Secondary route Rural route Goods line Disused line

This is a list of railway stations within the county of Merseyside, a metropolitan county in northwest England which is based around the city of Liverpool and includes the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.^[1] It includes all railway stations in Merseyside that currently have regular timetabled train services.

Merseyrail is the name of the commuter rail network and train operating company which provides the majority of local rail services on Merseyside.^[2] The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, branded Merseytravel, coordinates public transport in Merseyside. In respect of rail services, it is responsible for awarding the Merseyrail franchise to private operators,^[2] and for setting zonal boundaries for season ticket fares.^[3] Other regional rail services in the metropolitan county are run by operators such as Northern Rail; Merseytravel also sponsors these services, and the Merseyrail branding is used at the stations which they serve.

Stations currently in use

Liverpool Lime Street

Hamilton Square

Southport

Wavertree Technology Park

Birkdale

Eastham Rake

Hillside

Meols Cop

Walton

National Rail- and Merseyrail-branded sign at Bromborough Rake

The following table lists the name and three-letter code of each station the year it first opened the metropolitan borough in which it lies the zone(s) in which it is situated the train operators who currently provide its services and the number of passengers using the station in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 financial years as collated by the Office of Rail Regulation a Government body.^[4]

Station and code^[5]	Year opened	Metropolitan borough^[5]	Zones^[3]	Served by	Station users 2005–06^[6]	Station users 2006–07^[5]
Aigburth (AIG)	1864^[a]	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005241063000000000♠241,063	7005246583000000000♠246,583
Ainsdale (ANS)	1848	Sefton	D1	Merseyrail	7005322911000000000♠322,911	7005328423000000000♠328,423
Aintree (AIN)	1849	Sefton	C1/C3	Merseyrail	7005376908000000000♠376,908	7005412132000000000♠412,132
Bank Hall (BAH)	1850	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7004746240000000000♠74,624	7004626920000000000♠62,692
Bebington (BEB)	1838	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005445325000000000♠445,325	7005430423000000000♠430,423
Bidston (BID)	1866	Wirral	B1	Arriva Trains Wales Merseyrail	7004997980000000000♠99,798	7005108835000000000♠108,835
Birkdale (BDL)	1848	Sefton	D1	Merseyrail	7005256424000000000♠256,424	7005270277000000000♠270,277
Birkenhead Central (BKC)	1886	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005439743000000000♠439,743	7005427186000000000♠427,186
Birkenhead North (BKN)	1888	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005280060000000000♠280,060	7005307927000000000♠307,927
Birkenhead Park (BKP)	1888	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005409715000000000♠409,715	7005397026000000000♠397,026
Blundellsands & Crosby (BLN)	1850	Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7005518823000000000♠518,823	7005561676000000000♠561,676
Bootle New Strand (BNW)	1850	Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7005404558000000000♠404,558	7005348458000000000♠348,458
Bootle Oriel Road (BOT)	1850	Sefton	C1/C3	Merseyrail	7005203956000000000♠203,956	7005249030000000000♠249,030
Broad Green (BGE)		Liverpool	C1	Northern Rail	7005210252000000000♠210,252	7005209863000000000♠209,863
Bromborough (BOM)	1841	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005305026000000000♠305,026	7005296783000000000♠296,783
Bromborough Rake (BMR)	1985	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005127666000000000♠127,666	7005132055000000000♠132,055
Brunswick (BRW)	1998	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005407134000000000♠407,134	7005410813000000000♠410,813
Conway Park (CNP)	1998	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005740352000000000♠740,352	7005783029000000000♠783,029
Cressington (CSG)	1864^[a]	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005152383000000000♠152,383	7005164734000000000♠164,734
Earlestown (ERL)	1830	St Helens	A1	Arriva Trains Wales Northern Rail	7005218939000000000♠218,939	7005217860000000000♠217,860
Eastham Rake (ERA)	1995	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005143806000000000♠143,806	7005149692000000000♠149,692
Eccleston Park (ECL)		St Helens	A2	Northern Rail	7004418900000000000♠41,890	7004441440000000000♠44,144
Edge Hill (EDG)	1836	Liverpool	C1	Northern Rail	7004340970000000000♠34,097	7004350860000000000♠35,086
Fazakerley (FAZ)	1848	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005329306000000000♠329,306	7005318664000000000♠318,664
Formby (FBY)	1848	Sefton	D2	Merseyrail	7005482312000000000♠482,312	7005525841000000000♠525,841
Freshfield (FRE)	1848	Sefton	D2	Merseyrail	7005266415000000000♠266,415	7005277933000000000♠277,933
Garswood (GSW)		St Helens	A1	Northern Rail	7005133799000000000♠133,799	7005141321000000000♠141,321
Green Lane (GNL)	1886	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005232349000000000♠232,349	7005228086000000000♠228,086
Halewood (HED)	1988	Knowsley	C2	Northern Rail	7004390610000000000♠39,061	7004452180000000000♠45,218
Hall Road (HLR)	1874	Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7004761580000000000♠76,158	7004883550000000000♠88,355
Hamilton Square (BKQ)	1886	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7006123853200000000♠1,238,532	7006113362400000000♠1,133,624
Heswall (HSW)	1898	Wirral	B2	Arriva Trains Wales	7004261430000000000♠26,143	7004234090000000000♠23,409
Hightown (HTO)	1848	Sefton	D2	Merseyrail	7005133241000000000♠133,241	7005141686000000000♠141,686
Hillside (HIL)	1926	Sefton	D1	Merseyrail	7005178252000000000♠178,252	7005177678000000000♠177,678
Hoylake (HYK)	1866	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005174817000000000♠174,817	7005291873000000000♠291,873
Hunts Cross (HNX)	1873	Liverpool	C2	East Midlands Trains First TransPennine Express Merseyrail Northern Rail	7005443837000000000♠443,837	7005464367000000000♠464,367
Huyton (HUY)		Knowsley	A3/C1/ C2/C3	Northern Rail	7005429640000000000♠429,640	7005425557000000000♠425,557
James Street (LVJ)	1886	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005209014000000000♠209,014	7006155222400000000♠1,552,224
Kirkby (KIR)	1848	Knowsley	A3/C2/C3	Merseyrail Northern Rail	7005560285000000000♠560,285	7005639337000000000♠639,337
Kirkdale (KKD)	1848	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005452155000000000♠452,155	7005441525000000000♠441,525
Lea Green (LEG)	2000	St Helens	A1	Northern Rail	7005163617000000000♠163,617	7005181523000000000♠181,523
Leasowe (LSW)	1894	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005341334000000000♠341,334	7005359064000000000♠359,064
Liverpool Central (LVC)	1892^[b]	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7006129379000000000♠1,293,790	7006716961800000000♠7,169,618
Liverpool Lime Street (LIV)	1836^[c]	Liverpool	C1	East Midlands Trains First TransPennine Express London Midland Merseyrail Northern Rail Virgin Trains	7007144724310000000♠14,472,431	7006637736300000000♠6,377,363
Liverpool South Parkway (LPY)	2006	Liverpool	C1/C2	East Midlands Trains First TransPennine Express London Midland Merseyrail Northern Rail	N/A	7005288845000000000♠288,845
Maghull (MAG)		Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7005502020000000000♠502,020	7005610318000000000♠610,318
Manor Road (MNR)	1938	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005116754000000000♠116,754	7005118960000000000♠118,960
Meols (MEO)	1866	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005197086000000000♠197,086	7005209621000000000♠209,621
Meols Cop (MEC)	1887	Sefton	D1	Northern Rail	7004315630000000000♠31,563	7004389060000000000♠38,906
Moorfields (MRF)	1977	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005383815000000000♠383,815	7006157754000000000♠1,577,540
Moreton (MRT)	1866	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005271218000000000♠271,218	7005272252000000000♠272,252
Mossley Hill (MSH)		Liverpool	C1	London Midland Northern Rail	7005137434000000000♠137,434	7005133128000000000♠133,128
New Brighton (NBN)	1888	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005350652000000000♠350,652	7005358937000000000♠358,937
Newton-le-Willows (NLW)	1830	St Helens	A1	Arriva Trains Wales Northern Rail	7005318109000000000♠318,109	7005343334000000000♠343,334
Old Roan (ORN)		Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7005284901000000000♠284,901	7005305589000000000♠305,589
Orrell Park (OPK)		Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005473979000000000♠473,979	7005469256000000000♠469,256
Port Sunlight (PSL)	1838	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005237805000000000♠237,805	7005237445000000000♠237,445
Prescot (PSC)		Knowsley	A3/C2/C3	Northern Rail	7005123875000000000♠123,875	7005138037000000000♠138,037
Rainford (RNF)	1858	St Helens	A2	Northern Rail	7004298280000000000♠29,828	7004296130000000000♠29,613
Rainhill (RNH)	1830	St Helens	A2	Northern Rail	7005179131000000000♠179,131	7005178850000000000♠178,850
Rice Lane (RIL)		Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005116590000000000♠116,590	7005118113000000000♠118,113
Roby (ROB)		Knowsley	C1	Northern Rail	7005104238000000000♠104,238	7005103479000000000♠103,479
Rock Ferry (RFY)	1891	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005396002000000000♠396,002	7005370922000000000♠370,922
St Helens Central (SNH)	1858	St Helens	A1/A2	Northern Rail	7005445007000000000♠445,007	7005412916000000000♠412,916
St Helens Junction (SHJ)		St Helens	A1	Northern Rail	7005189893000000000♠189,893	7005197611000000000♠197,611
St Michaels (STM)	1864^[a]	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005365547000000000♠365,547	7005360976000000000♠360,976
Sandhills (SDL)	1850	Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005314309000000000♠314,309	7005306134000000000♠306,134
Seaforth & Litherland (SFL)	1850	Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7005335884000000000♠335,884	7005337209000000000♠337,209
Southport (SOP)	1851	Sefton	D1	Merseyrail Northern Rail	7006158211500000000♠1,582,115	7006166905600000000♠1,669,056
Spital (SPI)		Wirral	B1/B2	Merseyrail	7005208910000000000♠208,910	7005203991000000000♠203,991
Thatto Heath (THH)		St Helens	A1/A2	Northern Rail	7004996900000000000♠99,690	7004931800000000000♠93,180
Upton (UPT)	1896	Wirral	B1	Arriva Trains Wales	7004146620000000000♠14,662	7004129760000000000♠12,976
Wallasey Grove Road (WLG)	1888	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005310481000000000♠310,481	7005304538000000000♠304,538
Wallasey Village (WLV)	1907	Wirral	B1	Merseyrail	7005246767000000000♠246,767	7005254364000000000♠254,364
Walton (WAO)		Liverpool	C1	Merseyrail	7005110471000000000♠110,471	7005113214000000000♠113,214
Waterloo (WLO)	1848	Sefton	C3	Merseyrail	7005660922000000000♠660,922	7005669416000000000♠669,416
Wavertree Technology Park (WAV)	1998	Liverpool	C1	Northern Rail	7005166916000000000♠166,916	7005187927000000000♠187,927
West Allerton (WSA)		Liverpool	C1	Northern Rail	7004288430000000000♠28,843	7004280840000000000♠28,084
West Kirby (WKI)	1878	Wirral	B2	Merseyrail	7005380671000000000♠380,671	7005395598000000000♠395,598
Whiston (WHN)	1990	Knowsley	A3/C2/C3	Northern Rail	7005124074000000000♠124,074	7005135675000000000♠135,675

Zones

The rail network is divided into four lettered areas, which are subdivided into numbered zones:

Area name	Colour	Letter	Zones
Liverpool	Green	C	C1, C2, C3
Sefton	Red	D	D1, D2
St Helens	Brown	A	A1, A2, A3
Wirral	Blue	B	B1, B2

Fares for weekly and longer-period rail, bus and intermodal season tickets are set according to the number of zones and/or areas passed through.^[3] Day tickets are issued between individual stations, however.

The Merseyrail area extends into some adjacent boroughs which are not part of Merseyside; for fare-setting purposes, additional zones F (yellow) and G (orange) cover these.^[3] The following non-Merseyside stations are served by Merseyrail trains:

Station and code^[5]	Local authority	Zones
Aughton Park (AUG)	West Lancashire	F
Town Green (TWN)	West Lancashire	F
Ormskirk (OMS)	West Lancashire	F
Hooton (HOO)	Cheshire West and Chester	B2/G1
Little Sutton (LTT)	Cheshire West and Chester	G1
Overpool (OVE)	Cheshire West and Chester	G1
Ellesmere Port (ELP)	Cheshire West and Chester	G1
Capenhurst (CPU)	Cheshire West and Chester	G1/G2
Bache (BAC)	Cheshire West and Chester	G2
Chester (CTR)	Cheshire West and Chester	G2

Additionally, Maghull station is in both Zone C3 and Zone F.^[3]

Closed stations

Birkenhead Town

Garston

Liverpool Exchange

Southport Lord Street

Railways around Liverpool in 1921

London & North Western (LNWR) Lancashire & Yorkshire (LYR) Cheshire Lines (GCR / MR / GNR)

Midland (MR) Great Central (GCR) Wirral & Mersey Liverpool Overhead Joint GCR / MR Joint LYR / LNWR Joint GWR / LNWR

Lancashire

Cheshire

Flintshire

Station	Year opened	Year closed	Original company	Notes
Ainsdale Beach	1901	1952	Cheshire Lines Committee	Closed between 1917 and 1919
Aintree Central	1880	1960	Cheshire Lines Committee	Open for race traffic until 1963
Aintree Racecourse	c. 1890	1962	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Alexandra Dock	1881	1948	London and North Western Railway
Alexandra Dock	1893	1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Allerton	1864	2005	St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Replaced by Liverpool South Parkway
Altcar Rifle Range	1862	1921	London and North Western Railway	Closed between 1893 and 1894
Birkdale Palace	1884	1952	Cheshire Lines Committee	Closed between 1917 and 1919
Birkenhead Monks Ferry	1844	1878	Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Birkenhead Town	1889	1945	Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Birkenhead Woodside	1878	1967	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Bootle Balliol Road	1870	1948	London and North Western Railway
Blowick	1871	1939	Manchester and Southport Railway
Breck Road	1870	1948	London and North Western Railway
Brocklebank Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Brunswick (original station)	1864	1874	Garston and Liverpool Railway	New station opened in 1998 on a different site
Brunswick Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Burton Point	1899	1955	North Wales and Liverpool Railway
Butts Lane Halt	1907	1938	Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Canada Dock		1941	London and North Western Railway
Canada Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Canning	1893	1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Childwall	1879	1931	Cheshire Lines Committee
Churchtown	1878	1964	West Lancashire Railway
Clarence Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Clubmoor	1927	1960	Cheshire Lines Committee
Crossens	1878	1964	West Lancashire Railway
Crown Street	1832	1860	Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Dingle	1896	1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Edge Lane	1870	1948	London and North Western Railway
Ford		1951	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Formby Power Station	c. 1917	c. 1944	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Garston	1874	2006	Cheshire Lines Committee	Replaced by Liverpool South Parkway
Church Road Garston		1939	London and North Western Railway
Garston Dock		1947	St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
Gateacre	1879	1972	Cheshire Lines Committee
Gladstone Dock	1914	1924	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Gladstone Dock	1930	1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Grange Lane	1840	1844	Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Temporary terminus; closed when the railway was extended to Birkenhead Monks Ferry^[7]
Great Howard Street	1844	1850	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway	Joint terminus. Replaced by Liverpool Exchange
Halewood (original station)	1874	1951	Cheshire Lines Committee	New station opened in 1988 on a different site
Herculaneum Dock	1893	1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Hesketh Park	1878	1964	West Lancashire Railway
Heswall (Birkenhead Railway)	1886	1956	Birkenhead Joint Railway	The station now called Heswall (on the Borderlands Line) was called Heswall Hills until 1973
Huskisson		1886	Cheshire Lines Committee
Huskisson Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Huyton Quarry			London and North Western Railway
James Street		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Kew Gardens	1887	1938	Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Kirby Park	1891	1954	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Knotty Ash		1960	Cheshire Lines Committee
Langton Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Linacre Road		1951	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liscard and Poulton		1960	Wirral Railway
Liverpool Central High Level	1874	1972	Cheshire Lines Committee
Liverpool Crown Street	1830	1836	Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Liverpool Exchange	1850	1977	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway	Joint terminus
Liverpool Riverside	1895	1971	Mersey Docks and Harbour Board	Used by boat trains only
Liverpool St James	1874	1917	Cheshire Lines Committee
Nelson Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Otterspool		1951	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pier Head		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Princes Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Rainford Village	1858	1951	St Helens Railway
Rock Lane	1846	1862	Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Sandon Dock	1893	1896	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Seacombe		1960	Wirral Railway
Seaforth Sands		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Sefton and Maghull		1952	Cheshire Lines Committee
Sefton Park	1892	1960	London and North Western Railway
Southport Ash Street	1887	1902	West Lancashire Railway
Southport Central	1882	1901	West Lancashire Railway
Southport Eastbank Street	1848	1851	Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway	Temporary terminus. Replaced by Southport Chapel Street
Southport London Street	1855	1857	Manchester and Southport Railway	Services transferred to Southport Chapel Street
Southport Lord Street	1884	1952	Cheshire Lines Committee
St Luke's	1883	1968	Manchester and Southport Railway
Spellow		1948	London and North Western Railway
Speke		1930	St Helens Railway
St Helens Central	1900	1952	Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
Stanley	1870	1948	London and North Western Railway
Storeton	1896	1951	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
Thurstaston		1954	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Toxteth Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Tranmere	1846	1857	Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Also known as Lime Kiln Lane and St. Paul's Road.
Tue Brook		1948	London and North Western Railway
Walton & Anfield		1948	London and North Western Railway
Walton on the Hill		1918	Cheshire Lines Committee
Wapping Dock		1956	Liverpool Overhead Railway
Warbreck		1960	Cheshire Lines Committee
Warren	1888	1915	Seacombe Hoylake and Deeside Railway (Wirral Railway)
Wavertree		1958	London and North Western Railway
West Derby		1960	Cheshire Lines Committee
West Kirby (Birkenhead Joint branch station)	1886	1956	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Woodvale		1952	Cheshire Lines Committee

Footnotes

^[a] Aigburth, Cressington and St Michaels were closed between 1972 and 1978.^[8]
^[b] High Level station opened 1874 and closed 1972. Low Level station opened 1892, closed 1975 and reopened 1977. Deep Level platform opened 1977.
^[c] Low Level platform opened 1977.

References

↑ "Local Councils in North West England". Directgov website. Department for Work and Pensions. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Who are Merseyrail". Merseyrail website. Merseyrail Electrics (2002) Ltd. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Money saving season tickets" (PDF). Merseyrail Trio, Solo and Railpass ticket leaflet. Merseytravel. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
↑ "Station usage". Office of Rail Regulation website. Office of Rail Regulation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Station usage Excel sheet (2006-2007)" (XLS). Office of Rail Regulation statistics on annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets to and from each station in the stated financial year. Office of Rail Regulation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
↑ "Station usage Excel sheet (2005-2006)" (XLS). Office of Rail Regulation statistics on annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets to and from each station in the stated financial year. Office of Rail Regulation. 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
↑ "Station Name: Birkenhead Town". Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website. Disused Stations (Nick Catford). 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
↑ Macfarlane, Andrew (1989). "Liverpool Central–Hunts Cross". In Andrew Macfarlane. Peaks and Plains by Rail. Railway Development Society. Norwich: Jarrold Colour Publications. p. 45. ISBN 0-7117-0429-5.

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