Liverpool Railway Statistics

There are twenty-two railway stations in Liverpool.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Liverpool Central 11,401,980
  2. 2 Liverpool Lime Street 11,101,930
  3. 3 Moorfields 5,100,886
  4. 4 Liverpool James Street 2,400,416
  5. 5 Liverpool South Parkway 1,812,630
  6. 6 Hunts Cross 1,307,550
  7. 7 Orrell Park 1,052,986
  8. 8 Kirkdale 1,033,786
  9. 9 St Michaels 950,870
  10. 10 Fazakerley 899,436

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 West Allerton 62,970
  2. 2 Mossley Hill 166,050
  3. 3 Edge Hill 175,546
  4. 4 Bank Hall 211,188
  5. 5 Wavertree Technology Park 240,292
  6. 6 Broad Green 367,552
  7. 7 Walton 418,168
  8. 8 Cressington 484,174
  9. 9 Rice Lane 503,810
  10. 10 Aigburth 567,018

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Liverpool peaked during 2019-20 with 60,257,890 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 23% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 69% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Liverpool table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9814,649,153
1998-9914,870,950
1999-0015,885,165
2000-0115,188,971
2001-0215,071,988
2002-0315,268,633
2003-04 
2004-0518,449,825
2005-0620,417,990
2006-0721,036,749
2007-0821,931,836
2008-0949,215,596
2009-1046,961,097
2010-1147,865,583
2011-1247,707,437
2012-1345,065,254
2013-1450,878,373
2014-1552,996,318
2015-1652,996,318
2016-1755,873,849
2017-1857,257,202
2018-1953,260,634
2019-2060,257,890
2020-2113,906,698
2021-2238,509,462
2022-2341,820,700
2023-24