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Wirral Railway Statistics

"Wirral" is a county in the North West region of England. There are twenty-five railway stations in Wirral.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Hamilton Square 1,394,148
  2. 2 West Kirby 1,018,246
  3. 3 New Brighton 993,914
  4. 4 Birkenhead North 985,472
  5. 5 Bebington 806,496
  6. 6 Rock Ferry 731,862
  7. 7 Birkenhead Central 651,336
  8. 8 Conway Park 646,946
  9. 9 Birkenhead Park 630,922
  10. 10 Port Sunlight 604,306

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Upton 15,360
  2. 2 Heswall 63,256
  3. 3 Bromborough Rake 227,688
  4. 4 Manor Road 269,222
  5. 5 Bidston 296,662
  6. 6 Green Lane 338,390
  7. 7 Meols 370,048
  8. 8 Eastham Rake 387,738
  9. 9 Spital 393,924
  10. 10 Wallasey Village 414,266

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 28% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 70% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Wirral table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-985,752,512
1998-996,197,744
1999-006,645,756
2000-016,544,478
2001-026,152,514
2002-036,057,629
2003-04 
2004-057,538,033
2005-067,735,674
2006-077,808,616
2007-087,894,041
2008-0919,633,122
2009-1018,366,622
2010-1119,139,624
2011-1219,204,294
2012-1318,120,858
2013-1415,675,572
2014-1516,109,044
2015-1616,109,044
2016-1714,820,812
2017-1814,583,282
2018-1916,307,172
2019-2018,323,812
2020-215,074,456
2021-2211,556,288
2022-2312,858,948
2023-24 
2024-25