Sefton Railway Statistics

There are eighteen railway stations in Sefton.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Southport 3,339,582
  2. 2 Blundellsands and Crosby 1,365,008
  3. 3 Waterloo 1,324,016
  4. 4 Maghull 1,164,994
  5. 5 Formby 1,062,658
  6. 6 Birkdale 974,514
  7. 7 Ainsdale 920,626
  8. 8 Seaforth and Litherland 880,034
  9. 9 Old Roan 847,726
  10. 10 Aintree 841,662

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Meols Cop 85,448
  2. 2 Hightown 266,572
  3. 3 Hall Road 331,508
  4. 4 Freshfield 498,888
  5. 5 Hillside 507,842

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Sefton peaked during 2019-20 with 22,943,382 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 27% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 71% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Sefton table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-984,925,945
1998-995,116,831
1999-005,521,018
2000-014,984,941
2001-024,214,802
2002-034,352,192
2003-04 
2004-056,148,384
2005-066,617,363
2006-077,011,983
2007-087,425,273
2008-0918,508,314
2009-1017,342,944
2010-1117,370,778
2011-1216,563,566
2012-1315,415,656
2013-1417,909,032
2014-1518,365,382
2015-1618,365,382
2016-1719,020,046
2017-1818,903,668
2018-1920,554,842
2019-2022,943,382
2020-216,221,988
2021-2214,757,328
2022-2316,288,072
2023-24