Sefton Railway Statistics

"Sefton" is a county in the North West region of England. There are eighteen railway stations in Sefton.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Southport 3,481,446
  2. 2 Blundellsands & Crosby 1,497,638
  3. 3 Waterloo 1,435,320
  4. 4 Maghull 1,228,806
  5. 5 Formby 1,169,594
  6. 6 Birkdale 1,026,910
  7. 7 Ainsdale 947,558
  8. 8 Old Roan 942,886
  9. 9 Seaforth & Litherland 922,282
  10. 10 Aintree 908,962

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Meols Cop 82,292
  2. 2 Hightown 290,984
  3. 3 Hall Road 364,842
  4. 4 Freshfield 526,128
  5. 5 Hillside 546,990

Passenger Numbers

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 
2024-25